The 2024 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was released- It provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.
- Using 58 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the 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.
- EPI indicators provide a way to spot problems, set targets, track trends, understand outcomes, and identify best policy practices.
- Estonia tops the ranking of countries followed by Luxembourg, Germany Finland and the UK.
- Funding from the McCall MacBain Foundation supports the EPI work at both Yale and Columbia.
