2010 Environmental Performance Index leave Canada room for improvement

Based on the 2010 Environmental Performance results Canada has scored an EPI of 66.4 ranking the country at number 46.

The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national government scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. The EPI’s proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons as well as analysis of how the global community is doing collectively on each particular policy issue.

Visit the Environmental Performance Index website for more information.