{"id":96500,"date":"2020-06-18T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=96500"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:43:03","slug":"environmental-performance-index-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/environmental-performance-index-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Performance Index 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: What is India\u2019s rank in the Environmental Performance Index 2020 prepared jointly by Yale and Columbia University?<\/strong><br>(a) 168<br>(b) 165<br>(c) 176<br>(d) 155<br><strong>Answer:(a)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>12th edition of Environmental Performance Index was released in June 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is Environmental Performance Index?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a biennial report prepared by Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.<\/li><li>The EPI offers a scorecard that highlights leaders and laggards in environmental performance and provides practical guidance for countries that aspire to move toward a sustainable future.<\/li><li>EPI ranks countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories.<\/li><li>The report also includes 10-year trends in environmental performance at the national and global levels.<\/li><li>These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets.<\/li><li>Further, it offers a powerful policy tool in support of efforts to meet the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 2020 Index:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Denmark with a score of 82.5 has topped the index.<\/li><li>This was followed by Luxembourg (score 82.3) second, Switzerland (score 81.5) third, United Kingdom (score 81.3) fourth and France (score 80.0) fifth.<\/li><li>Countries lowest in the index are \u2013 Liberia (180), Myanmar(179), Afghanistan(178), Sierra Leone(177), Cote d&#8217; Ivoire(176).<\/li><li>India is ranked 168 with Ghana (score 27.6).In 2018, India was ranked 177.<\/li><li>Among India&#8217;s neighbors, Bhutan was ranked 107th, Sri Lanka 109th, China 120th, Pakistan 142nd and Nepal 145th.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/epi.yale.edu\/epi-results\/2020\/component\/epi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/epi.yale.edu\/epi-results\/2020\/component\/epi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is India\u2019s rank in the Environmental Performance Index 2020 prepared jointly by Yale and Columbia University?(a) 168(b) 165(c) 176(d) 155Answer:(a)Related facts: 12th edition of Environmental Performance Index was released in June 2020. 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