2014 Environmental Performance Index - Full Report

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KEY FINDINGS OF THE 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX

Global Scorecard Forests Health Air Impacts Quality

Fis Agricultur Water Resources Water & Sanitation

The world lags on some environmental issues, while demonstrating progress in others. A “global

Global Scorecard

The world lags on some environmental issues, while

our time. Overall, improvements have been made in demonstrating many of the categories the Environmental Health progress in of others. A ‘global scorecard’ provides first-time insight as to thetoworld’s collective impacts on the objective, including Access to Drinking Water, Child Mortality, and Access Sanitation. Declines and environmental issues of our time. overall low scores are found in Air Quality, Fisheries, major and Wastewater Treatment.

Fisheries Quality ForestsBio Water Resources Agriculture Health Air Impacts Water & Sanitation

KEY FINDINGS Overall, results are high in Access to Drinking Water, Child Mortality,Resources and Access toAgriculture Sanitation. results are found in Cli Water & Sanitation Fisheries Biodiversity &Poorer Habitat Forests Water Health Impacts Air Quality Air Quality, Fisheries, and Wastewater Treatment. While in most areas, trends suggest improvement, some primary issues like air quality and fisheries show distressing decline over the last decade. 100

Water Resources Forests Agriculture Air Quality Fisheries ClimateAccess &toEnergy Water & Sanitation Drinking Water Quality Biodivers Agricultural Subsidies Child Mortality

Terrestrial Protected Areas Indicator Score

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Agriculture Forests Water Resources Water & Sanitation

Pesticide Regulation Fisheries Access to Sanitation Climate Biodiversity & H& Household Air Pollution

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Forests Agriculture Fisheries Water Resources

Critical Habitat Protection

Biodiversity & Habitat Climate & Energ Marine Protected Areas Air Quality (Average PM2.5 Exceedance)

Coastal Shelf Fishing Pressure

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ForestsFisheries Agriculture Biodiversity &Climate Habitat& Energy Wastewater Treatment Fish Stocks

Forests 2003Fisheries 2004 2005Biodiversity 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 & 2010 Habitat Climate & Energy Figure 1. Global indicators for most of the policy issues assessed by the EPI. Note: Wastewater Treatment only has one data point and no 2000

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Figure 1. Global indicators for most of the policy issues assessed by the EPI demonstrate improvement over time. Footnote: Wastewater available time only series. global indicators were not Similarly, possible for the Climate and Energy or Forest indicators, which already Treatment hasSimilarly, one datarelevant point and no available time series. relevant global indicators were not possible for the Climate and represent Energy10-year or Foresttrends. indicators, which already represent 10-year trends.

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REGIONAL RANKINGS & TRENDS

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