2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

Description

The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries on 32 performance indicators in the following 11 issue categories: air quality, sanitation and drinking water, heavy metals, waste management, biodiversity and habitat, ecosystem services, fisheries, climate change, pollution emissions, agriculture, and water resources. These categories track performance and progress on two broad policy objectives, environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI's proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups. The data set includes the 2020 EPI, component scores, and time-series source data. It is the result of a collaboration of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), Yale University, and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). The Interactive Website for the 2020 EPI is at https://epi.yale.edu/.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2Ff54c-0r44
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020/data-download
21 Maps Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020/maps
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020
21 Web Map Service Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020/maps/services
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/epi/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020/epi2020-thumbnail.jpg
21 Documentation Page http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2020/docs

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  • human-dimensions
  • earth-science
  • sustainability

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