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Mahesh

11/06/22 22:04 PM IST

Environmental Performance Index 2022

In News 
  • The Environmental Performance Index 2022 ranked India at the bottom of the list of 180 countries that it assessed.
  • The EPI 2022, produced jointly by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Earth Institute, consisted of assessments of 180 countries on 40 different indicators.
About EPI 
  • The EPI provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.
  • It ranks 180 countries on 40 performance indicators including climate change, environmental public health, biodiversity etc.
  • It offers a scorecard that highlights leaders and laggards in environmental performance.
  • It also provides practical guidance for countries that aspire to move toward a sustainable future.
Performance of Countries 
  • The report ranked India at the bottom in a list of 180 countries.
  • The lowest scores go to India (18.9), Myanmar (19.4), Vietnam (20.1), Bangladesh (23.1) and Pakistan (24.6).
  • The US has been ranked at 43rd and the biggest current emitter China has been ranked at 160th position.
  • Top 5 countries: Denmark, UK, Finland, Malta and Sweden have been ranked at the top five positions due to their better performance.
Why India rejected Report? 
  • As per Indian govt, the report used many indicators based on unfounded assumptions.
  • The methodology does not consider per capita emissions and different socio-economic conditions across countries.
  • The weight of indicators in which India was performing well has been reduced.
  • The principle of equity is given very low weightage in the form of the indicators like GHG emission per capita and GHG emission intensity trend.
  • The common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) principle is also barely reflected in the composition of the index.
Source- Indian Express 

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