2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) (doi:10.7910/DVN/QGZE8Z)

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Citation

Title:

2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QGZE8Z

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2025-09-10

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Bibliographic Citation:

World Economic Forum - WEF - Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, 2001, "2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QGZE8Z, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QGZE8Z

Authoring Entity:

World Economic Forum - WEF - Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University (World Economic Forum - WEF - Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University)

Producer:

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Date of Production:

2001-12-31

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Access Authority:

Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)

Depositor:

CIESIN, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University

Date of Deposit:

2001-12-31

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QGZE8Z

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economy, HUMAN DIMENSIONS, Climate, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Environment, Water, Conservation, Governance, Society, Health, Sustainability, EARTH SCIENCE, Country, SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract:

The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, national capacity to respond, and contributions to global environmental stewardship. The refinements included the addition and deletion of indicators, filling gaps in data coverage, new data sets, and the modification of the aggregation scheme. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2001, Davos, Switzerland. The 2001 ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum (WEF), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.

Time Period:

1980-01-01-2000-12-31

Country:

Australia, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Korea, Republic of, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Senegal

Geographic Coverage:

North America, Global

Geographic Unit(s):

Country

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: -180.000000
  • East Bounding Longitude: 180.000000
  • South Bounding Latitude: -55.000000
  • North Bounding Latitude: 90.000000

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