India ranks lowest in the 2022 Environment Performance Index
India scored the lowest in the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by Yale and Columbia University researchers that provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.
The EPI which ranks 180 countries on 40 performance indicators including climate change, environmental public health, biodiversity etc ranked India at 180th because of its poor policies and implementation on various environmental fronts.
The EPI 2022 which was released on May 31 has Denmark holding the top rank emerging as the most sustainable country in the 2022 rankings, because of its strong performance across many sectors particularly climate and sustainable agriculture.
Other high-scoring nations include the United Kingdom and Finland, both of which earn top rankings from their strong climate change performance driven by policies that have substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, the EPI said.
United States is lagging behind its peers of wealthy nations. It ranked 43 out of 180 countries in the index. “This ranking reflects the rollback of environmental protections during the Trump Administration, which repealed or weakened nearly 100 environmental regulations, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and weakened fuel efficiency standards.
