environment performance index 2022

Question 1

OVERVIEW.

Answer 1

India ranks at bottom among 180 countries in Environmental Performance Index 2022
 In the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by Yale and Columbia University researchers that
gives a data-driven evaluation of the situation of sustainability around the world, India came in last out of 180
countries. Climate change, environmental public health, and biodiversity are among the 40 performance factors
used by the EPI to rank 180 nations.
 With an overall score of 18.9, India came in last, while Denmark came in first as the world’s most sustainable
country.
 The US was ranked 20th out of 22 rich democracies in the western world, and 43rd overall.
 The comparatively low ranking reflects the Trump administration’s erosion of environmental protections.
 The United States lost time to address climate change as a result of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
and reduced methane emission laws, while many of its counterparts in the industrialised world enacted legislation
to drastically reduce their greenhouse emissions.

Question 2

UNITED NATIONS- A view of history and formation.

Answer 2

Founded: 24 October 1945, San Francisco, California, United States
Headquarters: New York, New York, United States
Secretary General: António Guterres( from PORTUGAL).

Question 3

Neighbourhood where INDIA stands.

Answer 3

AFGHANISTAN - 81
SRI LANKA -132
CHINA - 160
NEPAL - 162
PAKISTAN - 176
BANGLADESH - 177
INDIA - 180
India ranks lowest among its neighbours..

Question 4

TOP 5 rank holders..

Answer 4

DENMARK (1st)
UNITED KINGDOM (2nd)
FINLAND (3rd)
MALTA (4th)
SWEDEN (5th).

Question 5

What is the Environment Performance Index?

Answer 5

About:
The Environment Performance Index (EPI) is an international ranking system that measures environmental health and sustainability of countries.
The EPI, a biennial index, was started in 2002 as Environmental Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network.

Question 6

FRAMEWORK OF THE EPI.

Answer 6

The 2022 EPI leverages 40 performance indicators grouped into 11 issue categories.
These issue categories are in turn aggregated into 3 policy objectives:
Environmental Health
Ecosystem Vitality
Climate Change.

These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are establishing environmental policy targets.
The EPI team transforms the raw environmental data into indicators that place countries on a 0–100 scale from worst to best performance.

Question 7

KEY RANKS.

Answer 7

Denmark tops the 2022 rankings — an achievement rooted in strong performance across nearly all issues tracked by the EPI, with notable leadership in efforts to promote a clean energy future and sustainable agriculture.
The United Kingdom and Finland place 2nd and 3rd, both earning high scores for slashing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.

The United States places 20th out of 22 wealthy democracies in the Global West and 43rd overall.
With a paltry score of 18.9, India’s 180th ranking comes after Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar.
India has also scored low on rule of law, control of corruption and government effectiveness, according to EPI.
India was ranked 168th in EPI-2020, with a score of 27.6.
In EPI-2020, Denmark has been ranked first in environmental health and sustainability.

Question 8

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDEX.

Answer 8

EPI enables decision-makers to recognize the drivers of top-tier performance.
Analysis of the EPI data demonstrates that financial resources, good governance, human development, and regulatory quality matter for elevating a country’s sustainability.
Highlighting these connections, the EPI helps to promote sustainable development in support of a more environmentally secure and equitable future..

Question 9

EPI was released on?

Answer 9

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ON 5th of JUNE.

Question 10

DENMARK’S score on the EPI 2022.

Answer 10

77.90

Question 11

WEF

Answer 11

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation[1] based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab.

The WEF is mostly known for its annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.

Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab