Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

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Introduction

The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability.  The index provides a composite profile of national environmental stewardship based on a compilation of indicators derived from underlying datasets.  This Web site provides access to the ESI report, underlying data, and associated maps for the Pilot 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2005 versions of the ESI.  The documents made available here provide in-depth details on the analytical framework, quantitative methodology, and data sources that underlie each edition of the ESI. Note that because of data and methodological improvements to each subsequent version of the ESI, the country scores cannot be utilized in time-series analysis. We welcome criticisms, suggestions, and comments.

Partners

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
250 Prospect Street 
New Haven, CT  06511 
USA 

Center for International 
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) 
Columbia University 
PO Box 1000 
61 Route 9W 
Palisades, NY  10964 
USA 

In Collaboration with:

World Economic Forum  
91-93 route de la Capite
1223 Cologny/Geneva 
Switzerland 

Joint Research Centre 
European Commission 
Enrico Fermi 1 TP 361, 21020 Ispra 
Italy 

Visitors interested in environmental performance measurement may wish to download reports and data for the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).