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A holistic approach towards conserving biodiversity ensures sustainable development globally. This requires addressing the root causes of biodiversity loss, alleviating direct pressures on biodiversity, and protecting ecosystems and genetic diversity. Additionally, effort must be taken to ensure that conditions for biodiversity improve in the future, and do not deteriorate further. Higher scores in this metric indicate countries that are forward looking, and are on positive future trajectories for biodiversity conservation.

One of the key challenges facing biodiversity is climate change, with rapidly changing conditions likely to impose new stressors on flora and fauna. Species will face unprecedented challenges which will require them to adapt to changing conditions or face extinction. Mitigating the impacts of climate change could greatly enhance species’ chances of survival, safeguarding our ecosystems and way of life.

The higher the score, the better the country ranks for this parameter.

The table is sorted from the highest score to the lowest:

Rank	Country	Score	Change
1	Estonia	83	N/A
2	Finland	72	N/A
3	Greece	71	N/A
4	United Kingdom	68	N/A
5	Denmark	67	N/A
6	East Timor	65	N/A
7	Germany	65	N/A
8	Malta	64	N/A
9	Sweden	63	N/A
10	Luxembourg	62	N/A
11	France	61	N/A
12	Netherlands	61	N/A
13	Belgium	60	N/A
13	Japan	60	N/A
15	Albania	59	N/A
15	Switzerland	59	N/A
17	Slovenia	58	N/A
18	Barbados	57	N/A
19	Spain	57	N/A
20	Croatia	56	N/A
21	Cuba	56	N/A
22	Portugal	55	N/A
23	Austria	54	N/A
24	Dominica	54	N/A
25	Jamaica	54	N/A
26	Poland	54	N/A
27	Ukraine	54	N/A
28	Vanuatu	54	N/A
28	Zimbabwe	54	N/A
30	Eswatini	53	N/A
31	Gabon	53	N/A
32	Italy	53	N/A
32	Norway	53	N/A
34	Solomon Islands	53	N/A
35	Czech republic	52	N/A
35	Latvia	52	N/A
37	Lithuania	52	N/A
38	Fiji	51	N/A
38	Ireland	51	N/A
40	North Macedonia	51	N/A
40	Samoa	51	N/A
42	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50	N/A
43	United States	50	N/A
44	Angola	49	N/A
45	Ecuador	49	N/A
46	Hungary	49	N/A
47	Romania	49	N/A
48	Slovakia	49	N/A
49	Bahamas	48	N/A
50	Canada	48	N/A
50	Djibouti	48	N/A
52	Haiti	48	N/A
53	Iceland	48	N/A
54	New Zealand	48	N/A
55	Saint Lucia	48	N/A
55	South Africa	48	N/A
57	Taiwan	48	N/A
58	Australia	47	N/A
59	Sierra Leone	47	N/A
60	South Korea	47	N/A
61	Antigua and Barbuda	46	N/A
61	Bosnia and Herz.	46	N/A
61	Brazil	46	N/A
64	Bulgaria	46	N/A
65	Costa Rica	46	N/A
65	El Salvador	46	N/A
67	Equatorial Guinea	46	N/A
68	Georgia	46	N/A
69	Mauritius	46	N/A
70	Mexico	46	N/A
70	Thailand	46	N/A
72	Belarus	45	N/A
72	Jordan	45	N/A
74	Kyrgyztan	45	N/A
75	Moldova	45	N/A
76	Micronesia	44	N/A
77	Nigeria	44	N/A
78	Serbia	44	N/A
79	Sri Lanka	44	N/A
79	Suriname	44	N/A
81	Venezuela	44	N/A
82	Armenia	43	N/A
83	Cape Verde	43	N/A
84	Cyprus	43	N/A
85	Israel	43	N/A
86	Montenegro	43	N/A
87	Chile	42	N/A
88	Colombia	42	N/A
89	Guinea-Bissau	42	N/A
90	Kazakhstan	42	N/A
91	Lesotho	42	N/A
92	Panama	42	N/A
93	Argentina	41	N/A
93	Bolivia	41	N/A
93	Honduras	41	N/A
96	Ivory Coast	41	N/A
96	Kiribati	41	N/A
98	Marshall Islands	41	N/A
99	Peru	41	N/A
99	Singapore	41	N/A
101	Tunisia	41	N/A
102	Uruguay	41	N/A
103	Afghanistan	40	N/A
104	DR Congo	40	N/A
105	Egypt	40	N/A
106	Malaysia	40	N/A
107	China	40	N/A
108	Cameroon	39	N/A
108	Sao Tome and Principe	39	N/A
110	Zambia	39	N/A
111	Eritrea	38	N/A
112	Lebanon	38	N/A
113	Liberia	38	N/A
114	Nicaragua	38	N/A
115	Papua New Guinea	38	N/A
116	Uzbekistan	38	N/A
117	Dominican Republic	37	N/A
118	Grenada	37	N/A
119	Liberia	37	N/A
120	Russia	37	N/A
121	Turkey	37	N/A
122	Algeria	36	N/A
122	Belize	36	N/A
124	Madagascar	36	N/A
124	Mozambique	36	N/A
126	Myanmar	36	N/A
127	Sudan	36	N/A
127	Trinidad and Tobago	36	N/A
129	Uganda	36	N/A
129	United Arab Emirates	36	N/A
131	Azerbaijan	35	N/A
132	Bhutan	35	N/A
133	India	35	N/A
134	Iran	35	N/A
135	Morocco	35	N/A
136	Bangladesh	33	N/A
137	Oman	33	N/A
138	Saudi Arabia	33	N/A
139	Tanzania	33	N/A
139	Tonga	33	N/A
141	Indonesia	32	N/A
142	Paraguay	32	N/A
143	Philippines	32	N/A
144	Rwanda	32	N/A
145	Senegal	32	N/A
146	Central Af. Rep.	31	N/A
147	Guatemala	31	N/A
147	Guyana	31	N/A
149	Namibia	30	N/A
150	Pakistan	30	N/A
151	Turkmenistan	30	N/A
152	Brunei	29	N/A
153	Congo	29	N/A
154	Ethiopia	29	N/A
155	Togo	29	N/A
156	Bahrain	28	N/A
157	Maldives	28	N/A
157	Qatar	28	N/A
159	Burundi	27	N/A
160	Kenya	27	N/A
161	Seychelles	27	N/A
162	Nepal	26	N/A
163	Botswana	25	N/A
164	Burkina Faso	25	N/A
165	Comoros	25	N/A
165	Ghana	25	N/A
167	Iraq	25	N/A
168	Kuwait	25	N/A
169	Mauritania	25	N/A
170	Benin	23	N/A
171	Guinea	22	N/A
172	Chad	21	N/A
173	Niger	19	N/A
174	Tajikistan	19	N/A
175	Vietnam	18	N/A
176	Malawi	18	N/A
177	Mongolia	18	N/A
178	Cambodia	17	N/A
179	Mali	17	N/A
180	Laos	10	N/A

Source and Calculation

Latest values of Yale’s Environmental Performance Index are sourced from the Yale. A maximum score is awarded to a country that has scored 100 on its EPI score in the climate change mitigation category.

*Different sources offer varying data, as datasets may be subject to changes due to recent updates and revisions.

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