Environmental Sustainability Index 2002

Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
An Initiative of the Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, World Economic Forum

The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 142 countries. The ESI scores are based upon a set of 20 core "indicators," each of which combines two to eight variables for a total of 68 underlying variables. The ESI permits cross-national comparisons of environmental progress in a systematic and quantitative fashion. It represents a first step towards a more analytically driven approach to environmental decisionmaking.

The documents made available here provide in-depth details on the analytical framework, quantitative methodology, and data sources that underlie the ESI . We welcome criticisms, suggestions, and comments.

The ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index was made possible by the generous support of the Samuel Family Foundation. The World Economic Forum, the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network are grateful to the Samuel Family Foundation for its visionary commitment to advancing our ability to measure environmental sustainability.

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Available downloads	File size	Pages	Format
2002 ESI Report -- section 1 Main report and Annexes 1-4	1 MB	87 p.	PDF
2002 ESI Report -- section 2 Annex 5, “Country Reports”	900 KB	144 p.	PDF
2002 ESI Report -- section 3 Annex 6, “Data Tables”	1 MB	71 p.	PDF
2002 ESI Report -- complete Main report and Annexes 1-6	2.5 MB	301 p.	PDF
Download Excel Spreadsheet ESI, component and indicator scores for all countries.	96 KB		EXCEL
2002 ESI powerpoint presentation ...coming soon...			...coming soon...
Environmental Performance Index (EPI)	440 KB	31 p.	PDF
Errata Some errors were discovered following the release of the 2002 ESI on 4 February 2002 that caused modest changes in a few of the country rankings. The list of errors and the date that corrected versions were posted can be found here. The posted Rankings have also been revised.

Source: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu

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