India Ranks Lowest Among 180 Countries in Environmental Performance Index

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Category : International Published on: June 09 2022

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India has been placed at the bottom on a list of 180 countries judged for their environmental performances by US-based institutions.
Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
The EPI provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.
India, with increasingly dangerous air quality and rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions, falls to the bottom of rankings for the first time
China is placed 161st, with an overall EPI score of 28.4.

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