2005 Environmental Sustainability Index

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1

Chapter 1 – The Need for an Environmental Sustainability Index 7

Chapter 2 – Our Approach 11

Measuring Sustainability . 11

The ESI Framework 11

Data Coverage…… . 16

Data Transformation. 16

Comparing the ESI to Other Indicator Efforts 16

Uncertainties and Conclusions 18

Chapter 3 – Main Findings 21

ESI Scores and Ranks 21

Developed v. Developing Country Environmental Sustainability. 24

Relationship to Economic Development 24

Relationship between Environmental & Economic Performance . 25

Central Role of Governance 28

Finding Peer Countries – Cluster Analysis 29

ESI in Action……… . 33

Limitations……… 35

Chapter 4 – Sensitivity Analysis . 37

2005 ESI Sensitivity Analysis . 37

Chapter 5 – Conclusions and Next Steps 39

Future Directions… . 40

References 43

Endnotes . 45

List of Acronyms 46

Appendix A – Methodology 49

Appendix B – Country Profiles . 103

Appendix C – Variable Profiles 253

Appendix D – Component & Indicator Scores 349

Appendix E – ESI Values in Small States. 379

Appendix F – Comparison of the ESI to Other Sustainability Indicators . 383

Appendix G – An Ideal Set of ESI Indicators 391

Appendix H – Critiques and Responses . 397

Appendix I – Published Citations to the ESI.. 403