{"id":116656,"date":"2026-08-02T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=116656"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:53:07","slug":"environmental-performance-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/environmental-performance-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Performance Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Environmental Performance Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, experts have called India\u2019s ranking in global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) as a wake-up call that cannot be ignored any longer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Environmental Performance Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>biennial index<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is a scorecard that ranks <\/span><b>countries on their environmental performance.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a data-driven global benchmark developed by the <\/span><b>Yale Center for Environmental Law &amp; Policy, Columbia University\u2019s Center for International Earth Science Information Network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CIESIN) and Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Framework:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes <\/span><b>47 indicators across 12 issue categories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spanning three policy objectives: <\/span><b>Environmental Health, Ecosystem Vitality, and Climate Change<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a <\/span><b>vital analytical tool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for measuring how close nations are to achieving global sustainability targets, such as the <\/span><b>UN <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/sustainable-development-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> and Paris Climate Agreement objectives.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Highlights of Environmental Performance Index 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top 5 countries: Estonia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Finland and Netherlands secured<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Laos <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ranked the lowest in the Index.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India ranked<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 the 176th position out of 177 evaluated countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s overall EPI score came out to 22.46, compared to a regional average of 31.81.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/environment\/wake-up-call-say-experts-as-india-gets-second-lowest-global-ranking-on-yales-environment-performance-index-also-raise-questions-on-methodology#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries using 47 indicators across environmental health, ecosystems, and climate change. 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