Yale Publishes the 2008 Environmental Performance Index
Thursday, January 24, 2008 13:37
Yale published a list with counties’ ranking according their EPI ( Environmental Performance index) for 2008.
The EPI is calculated with 25 criteria that belong in 6 categories such as the atmospheric pollution, climate change, environmental health etc. So, depending on how eco-friendly a country is, depends how many point are awarded.
At the top of the list we find Switzerland with an EPI of 95. On the official online list you can see in detail why each country got its points.
Now lets see about other countries. Take for instance Greece which is has 80 points and lets take a look at the countries above and below:
36 Uruguay 82.3
37 Georgia 82.2
38 Argentina 81.8
39 United States 81.0
40 Taiwan 80.8
41 Cuba 80.7
42 Poland 80.5
43 Belarus 80.5
44 Greece 80.2
45 Venezuela 80.0
46 Australia 79.8
47 Mexico 79.8
48 Bosnia & Herzegovina 79.7
49 Israel 79.6
50 Sri Lanka 79.5
51 South Korea 79.4
52 Cyprus 79.2
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