The Environment Performance Index-2022 has ranked India last among 180 countries that have been ranked. India was ranked 168th in EPI-2021, with a score of 27.6.
Key Highlights
- It is an international ranking system that measures environmental health and sustainability of countries.
- In EPI-2020, Denmark has been ranked first in environmental health and sustainability.
- With a paltry score of 18.9, India’s 180th ranking comes after Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar — the bottom five together make up the poorest performing countries for environmental health.
- As per EPI estimates, only a handful of countries, including Denmark and the United Kingdom, are on track to meet net zero emission goals by 2050.
- Nations such as China, India, and Russia are headed towards the wrong direction with rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions.
- India has also scored low on rule of law, control of corruption and government effectiveness, according to EPI.
About Environment Performance Index (EPI)
- The Environment Performance Index (EPI) is a biennial index.
- The EPI was started in 2002 as Environmental Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
- EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets.
- For the overall performance and ranking EPI, each country’s performance is viewed across numerous (18) categories like ecosystem vitality, biodiversity and habitat, ecosystem services and grassland loss.
- Unfortunately, India is consistently ranking either at the bottom or close to the bottom in almost all the categories, both regionally and globally.
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