The best environmental practices of leading countries, should be replicated in India too...
India’s position has been quite consistent in recent years, ranking 120th in 2008 and 118 in 2006. We covered more countries (149) in 2008 than in 2006 (133), a couple of which came in ahead of India, so the ranking is really the same. India’s relatively low ranking reflects not only the limits faced by all developing nations but also problems of governance. India does poorly in comparison to others at the same level of development meaning that it is managing environment and sustainability challenges less well than others who face similar situations. India receives low marks on a range of issues. The country’s scores on sanitation and indoor air pollution are among the worst in the world. Protection of habitat and land conservation also emerge as areas of subpar performance. More generally, India faces serious air pollution problems in its cities and significant water issues, reflecting challenges related both to quality and quantity.
We see, as noted above, to cover the full spectrum of pollution control and natural resource management challenges that governments across the world face. We build on an assumption that there are two fundamental objectives when it comes to sustainability - (1) protecting human health from environmental threats and (2) ensuring the vitality of ecosystems. We put equal weight on these two goals and then track indicators in five policy categories water, air pollution, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources and climate change as well as relevant sub-categories that policymakers must manage.
We recognise that the rankings depend on the weights one puts on the different categories, but we believe that the model we have developed is a useful starting point for understanding governmental performance both holistically and on an issue-by-issue basis. Frankly, the overall ranking of a country is not that useful to study. What is important is how a country does compared to those in its peer group – other countries that are similarly situated in terms of environmental challenges and level of development.
India’s position has been quite consistent in recent years, ranking 120th in 2008 and 118 in 2006. We covered more countries (149) in 2008 than in 2006 (133), a couple of which came in ahead of India, so the ranking is really the same. India’s relatively low ranking reflects not only the limits faced by all developing nations but also problems of governance. India does poorly in comparison to others at the same level of development meaning that it is managing environment and sustainability challenges less well than others who face similar situations. India receives low marks on a range of issues. The country’s scores on sanitation and indoor air pollution are among the worst in the world. Protection of habitat and land conservation also emerge as areas of subpar performance. More generally, India faces serious air pollution problems in its cities and significant water issues, reflecting challenges related both to quality and quantity.
We see, as noted above, to cover the full spectrum of pollution control and natural resource management challenges that governments across the world face. We build on an assumption that there are two fundamental objectives when it comes to sustainability - (1) protecting human health from environmental threats and (2) ensuring the vitality of ecosystems. We put equal weight on these two goals and then track indicators in five policy categories water, air pollution, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources and climate change as well as relevant sub-categories that policymakers must manage.
We recognise that the rankings depend on the weights one puts on the different categories, but we believe that the model we have developed is a useful starting point for understanding governmental performance both holistically and on an issue-by-issue basis. Frankly, the overall ranking of a country is not that useful to study. What is important is how a country does compared to those in its peer group – other countries that are similarly situated in terms of environmental challenges and level of development.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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