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Environmental Performance Index 2024
June 11 , 2024
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- The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy recently published the Environmental Performance Index 2024.
- Estonia leads the rankings, largely due to its significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
- Only five countries—Estonia, Finland, Greece, Timor-Leste, and the United Kingdom—have cut their GHG emissions at the rate needed to reach net zero by 2050.
- In the U.S., which is ranked number 34 on the list, emissions are falling but slowly.
- China, Russia and India continue to produce greater rates of GHG emissions compared with previous years.
- India is ranked 176th, being the world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter with a 32% increase in emissions over the past decade.
- Only Myanmar, Laos, Pakistan and Viet Nam ranked below India.
- In 2022, India surpassed China as the largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide.
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