Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University Publication_Date: 2000 Title: 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) Edition: 2000.00 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New Haven, CT Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-pilot-environmental-sustainability-index-2000 Description: Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, national capacity to respond, and contributions to global environmental stewardship. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2000, Davos, Switzerland. The 2000 Pilot ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum (WEF), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability. 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