Concept information
Preferred term
SEDAC/ESI VIEWER
Definition
- The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) supports to "benchmark the ability of nations to protect the environment." ESI was a joint effort of Yale University's Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and two other second-level collaborators. ESI's creators claim environmental sustainability is a "multi-dimensional concept [arising] from development and industrialization" that is best addressed by a "quantitative and systematic approach to environmental policymaking." The effort looks to have come to be in 2000 then revised repeatedly, most recently in late 2004, being re-launched as "2005 ESI." Presentation of all the background and methodological information for ESI appears in several reports formatted in Acrobat pdf available at the web site listed below. http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi/ (en)
Broader concept
- S - U (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/6a631048-98bd-451d-a9f4-b41460c1faba
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