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Summary
- The Environmental Performance Index ranks 180 countries based on sustainability indicators.
- EPI evaluates countries based on climate change mitigation, ecosystem health, and environmental health.
- Countries are falling short on net-zero emissions targets, with only a few making progress.
- Wealth and sustainability are positively correlated, but there is room for improvement.
To see the full ranking list, click here:
2024 Environmental Performance Index
The 2024 EPI combines 58 indicators across 11 issue categories, ranging from climate change mitigation and air pollution to waste management, sustainability of fisheries and agriculture, deforestation, and biodiversity protection.
Key passages:
- This index offers a summary of sustainability around the world by ranking 180 countries based on climate change mitigation, ecosystem vitality and environmental health. The EPI uses 58 different performance indicators within 11 categories to score each country, track trends and identify successful policy interventions.
- The analysis found that GHG emissions were falling in a greater number of countries than before, but only five had reduced their emissions enough to reach net-zero by 2050 if they continued to cut emissions at their current rate: Estonia, Finland, Greece, Timor-Leste and the U.K.
- In the U.S., which is ranked number 34 on the list, emissions are falling but slowly; while China, Russia and India continue to produce greater rates of GHG emissions compared with previous years.
Read the full post at Columbia Climate School.
