Question.Environment Performance Index (EPI 2020) is released by which institution?
(a) UNESCO
(b) Yale University
(c) University of Oxford
(d) United Nations Environment Program
Answer : (b)
- Context:
- The 12th edition of the Environment Performance Index (EPI 2020) – released by Yale University – ranked India at 168 out of the 180 countries analysed, behind all South Asian nations, except Afghanistan, with a score of 27.6.
- Facts:
- The index is based on 32 performance indicators across 11 categories—biodiversity & habitat, air quality, water and sanitation, etc—based on which countries are ranked on environmental health and ecosystem vitality.
- The 2020 rankings include for the first time a waste management metric and a pilot indicator on CO2 emissions from land cover change.
- Rankings:
- Denmark is ranked First, followed by Luxembourg and Switzerland. Liberia is ranked last at 180.
- India is ranked 168 with a score of 27.6. India performed the worst regionally on all five key parameters for environmental health—sanitation, drinking water, air quality, heavy metals, and waste management.
By:Arpit Mishara
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