Greece ranks 22nd among 180 countries in the 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) which compares, analyzes and understands environmental performance for those countries, presented at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday.
According to the data compiled by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the WEF, Greece came 18 in its regional standing (Europe & North America). Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden.
European countries lead the EPI?s top performers, occupying 17 the top 20 positions. India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five.
The index is calculated by gathering data on 24 individual metrics of environmental performance which are then aggregated into a hierarchy beginning with ten issue categories: Air Quality, Water & Sanitation, Heavy Metals, Biodiversity & Habitat, Forests, Fisheries, Climate & Energy, Air Pollution, Water Resources, and Agriculture. These issue categories are then divided into two policy objectives ? Environmental Health and Ecosystem Vitality ? and then finally the overall EPI.
According to the data compiled by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the WEF, Greece came 18 in its regional standing (Europe & North America). Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden.
European countries lead the EPI?s top performers, occupying 17 the top 20 positions. India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five.
The index is calculated by gathering data on 24 individual metrics of environmental performance which are then aggregated into a hierarchy beginning with ten issue categories: Air Quality, Water & Sanitation, Heavy Metals, Biodiversity & Habitat, Forests, Fisheries, Climate & Energy, Air Pollution, Water Resources, and Agriculture. These issue categories are then divided into two policy objectives ? Environmental Health and Ecosystem Vitality ? and then finally the overall EPI.