Surprise! The US is one of the ten best nations in
the world at balancing economic growth and the
environment.
from: www.unfoundation.org
RATINGS: New Index Ranks Countries On Environmental
Performance
A new system to rate countries' contributions to
environmental sustainability will be presented next
month to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in
Davos, Switzerland.
The environmental sustainability index, created
by the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders of
Tomorrow, ranks how successful economies are at
growing without violating critical environmental
standards.
According to the index, the 10 best performers,
in descending order, are: Norway, Finland, Canada,
Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Denmark, the
United States and the Netherlands.
The 10 worst performers, in ascending order, are:
Madagascar, Bangladesh, Uganda, Nigeria, Iran,
Vietnam, Malawi, Senegal, Singapore and Algeria.
According to Kim Samuel-Johnson, chair of the
Global Leaders of Tomorrow's Environment Task Force,
"the bad news is that ... many nations have a lot of
work to do. The good news is that a clean environment
may not have to come at the expense of economic
competitiveness" (Kim Samuel-Johnson, Newsweek, Dec
2000-Feb 2001).
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John D. Giorgis
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