World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org

Fiona Paua, Senior Director, Head of Strategic Insight Teams

Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission http://www.jrc.ec.europaeu/

Andrea Saltelli, Unit Head

Michaela Saisana, Researcher

Linked By Air (Tamara Maletic and Dan Michelson)

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We Have Photoshop (Mike Gallagher)

The full report and data can be found online at: http://epi.yale.edu

Genevieve Carr, UNEP GEMS/Water Programme

Aaron Cohen, Health Effects Institute

Jay Emerson, Yale University

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute

Lloyd Irland, Yale University

Kewin Kamelarczyk, Food and Agriculture Organization

Jonathan Pershing, World Resources Institute

Carmen Revenga, The Nature Conservancy

Sara J. Scherr, Eco-Agriculture Partners

Jackie Alder, University of British Columbia

John Aardenne, Joint Research Centre, EC

Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide

Michelle Bell, Yale University

Tim Boucher, The Nature Conservancy

Amy Cassara, World Resources Institute

Tom Damassa, World Resources Institute

Charlotte de Fraiture, International Water Management Institute

Kailash Govil, Food and Agiculture Organization

Brian Hill, Pesticide Action Network

Peter Holmgren, Forestry and Agricultural Organization

Jon Hoekstra, The Nature Conservancy

Malanding Jaiteh, CIESIN

Michael Jennings, The Nature Conservancy

Carrie Rickwoos, UNEP GEMS/Water

Ariela Summit, Eco-Agriculture Partners

Kirk Smith, University of California, Berkeley

Charles Vorosmarty, University of New Hampshire

Aaron Best, Ecologic

Crystal Davis, World Resources Institute

Andres Gomez, Columbia University

Tobias Hahn, Yale University

Claes Johansson, United Nations Development Programme

Hoseok Kim, Korea Environment Institute

Hak-Kyun Maeng, Ministry of Environment of Korea

Denise Mauzerall, Princeton University

Sascha Muller-Kraenner, The Nature Conservancy

John O’Connor, OconEco

Kiran Pandey, Global Environment Facility

Tom Parris, iSciences

Papa Seck, United Nations Development Programme

Erik Thomsen, DSS Lab

YuLing Yang, Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency

Ruth Wilkie, Former Policy Advisor, New Zealand

Erica Zell, Battell Institute

Melissa Goodall, Associate Director

Jen Ace, Research Assistant

Sara Bushey, Research Assistant

Adrian Deveny, Research Assistant

Eva Gladek, Research Assistant

Allison Guy, Research Assistant

Emily Hallet, Research Assistant

Lauren Hallett, Research Assistant

Yanjing Huang, Research Assistant

Brian Irving, Research Assistant

Claire Jahns, Research Assistant

Meng Ji, Research Assitant

Namrata Kala, Research Assistant

Scott Laeser, Research Assistant

John Chung-En Liu, Research Assistant

Matthew Oden, Research Assistant

Esty, Daniel C., M.A. Levy, C.H. Kim, A. de Sherbinin, T. Srebotnjak, and V. Mara. 2008. 2008 Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.

This 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) tracks national environmental results on a quantitative basis, measuring proximity to an established set of policy targets using the best data available. Data constraints and limitations in methodology make this a work in progress. Further refinements will be undertaken over the next few years. Comments, suggestions, feedback, and referrals to better data sources are welcome at: http://epi.yale.edu or epi@yale.edu.

The word “country� is used loosely in this report to refer both to countries and other administrative or economic entities. Similarly the maps presented are for illustrative purposes and do not imply any political preference in cases where territory is under dispute.

The 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) represents the result of extensive consultations with subject-area specialists, statisticians, and policymakers around the world. Since any attempt to measure environmental performance requires both an in-depth knowledge of each dimension as well as the relationships between dimensions and the application of sophisticated statistical techniques to each, we have drawn on the expertise of a network of individuals, including: Jackie Alder, Michelle Bell, Aaron Best, Tim Boucher, Geneviève Carr, Amy Cassara, Aaron Cohen, Tom Damassa, Crystal Davis, Ellen Douglas, Darlene Dube, Jay Emerson, Majid Ezzati, Charlotte de Fraiture, Stanley Jay Glidden, Andres Gomez, Tobias Hahn, Peter Holmgren, Jon Hoekstra, Peter Gleick, Kailash Govil, Lloyd Irland, Michael Jennings, Claes Johansson, Kewin Kamelarczyk, Daniel Kammen, Hoseok Kim, R. Andreas Kraemer, Hak-Kyun Maeng, Tamara Maletic, Vali Mara, Denise Mauzerall, Dan Michelson, Sascha Müller-Kraenner, John O’Connor, Kiran Pandey, Tom Parris, Fiona Paua, Jonathan Pershing, Carmen Revenga, Carrie Rickwood, Kim Samuel-Johnson Sara J. Scherr, Papa Seck, Ariela Summit, Kirk Smith, Erik Thomsen, Charles Vorosmarty, Ruth Wilkie, YuLing Yang, and Erica Zell.

We are particularly indebted to the staff and research assistants at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy: Jen Ace, Sara Bushey, Adrian Deveny, Ysella Edyvean, Eva Gladek, Kaitlin Gregg, Allison Guy, Emily Hallet, Lauren Hallett, Yanjing Huang, Brian Irving, Claire Jahns, Meng Ji, Namrata Kala, Scott Laeser, and Matthew Oden.

The 2008 EPI is built upon the work of a range of data providers, including our own prior data development work for the Pilot 2006 EPI and the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index. The data are drawn primarily from international, academic, and research institutions with subject-area expertise, success in delivering operational data, and the capacity to produce policy-relevant interdisciplinary information tools. We are indebted to the data collection agencies listed in the Methodology Section, for providing the high-quality information necessary to move environmental decisionmaking toward more rigorous, quantitative foundations.

We wish to acknowledge with gratitude the financial support of The Samuel Family Foundation, The Coca Cola Foundation, and the Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation.