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Inside the Environment Component

The environment component of the CDI compares rich countries on policies that affect shared global resources such as the atmosphere and oceans. The component is built from ten “indicators” of government policy, such as gasoline taxes and fishing subsidies per person. On some, such as greenhouse gas emissions per person, a high value earns a low score. Here, you can pull up performance reports by country or compare countries by indicator.
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2007 Overall Scores

Greenhouse gas emissions: 7.59 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 13.24 Gasoline tax: 8.31 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 11.31 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: -1.95 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 9.42 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 2.91 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 15.01 Gasoline tax: 5.93 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 5.18 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 9.99 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.98 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 8.66 Gasoline tax: 7.64 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 8.15 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 9.74 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.54 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 7.83 Gasoline tax: 8.3 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 10 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 8.57 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.63 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 7.12 Gasoline tax: 8.4 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 10 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 7.8 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.31 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 6.13 Gasoline tax: 7.7 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 9.69 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 7.88 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.63 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 4.38 Gasoline tax: 3.09 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.39 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 10 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 9.73 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 5.9 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.64 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 6.82 Gasoline tax: 7.37 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 7.96 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 1.32 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.18 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 5.39 Gasoline tax: 7.75 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 9.81 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 3.16 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.17 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 1.61 Gasoline tax: 5.65 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 10 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 7.86 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.15 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 9.37 Gasoline tax: 7.43 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: -17.39 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 7.65 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 7.12 Economic growth minus emissions growth: -0.9 Gasoline tax: 7.33 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 8.21 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 8.08 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.52 Economic growth minus emissions growth: -2.26 Gasoline tax: 7.29 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 9.69 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 6.9 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.94 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 5.31 Gasoline tax: 3.97 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: -11.81 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 6.38 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 7.07 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 0.2 Gasoline tax: 5.04 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 10.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 10 Imports of endangered species: -1.22 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.66 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 0.58 Gasoline tax: 7.23 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 4.44 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: -4.94 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.89 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 1.78 Gasoline tax: 3.85 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 6.78 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: 8.89 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 5.87 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: -3.12 Greenhouse gas emissions: -0.56 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 3.18 Gasoline tax: 2.08 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 6.83 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: -16.06 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 7.24 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 6.46 Greenhouse gas emissions: -0.69 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 4.68 Gasoline tax: 3.1 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.14 Subsidies for fishing: -0.33 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 9.97 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.66 Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.02 Economic growth minus emissions growth: -1.07 Gasoline tax: 5 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 8.02 Ratification of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: 10 Subsidies for fishing: -14.12 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: -3.75 Ratification of Convention on Biodiversity: 10 Imports of tropical timber: 2.67 Greenhouse gas emissions: 1.06 Economic growth minus emissions growth: 4.86 Gasoline tax: 0.78 Use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer: 2 Subsidies for fishing: 8.01 Ratification of United Nations Fisheries Agreement: 10 Imports of endangered species: 3.25 Imports of tropical timber: 3.37

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