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Yale University has begun creating metrics and gathering data to “make environmental decision-making more empirical and analytically rigorous.” This year’s analysis of the environmental practices of 146 nations was released in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A snapshot of the standings follows:

Top Five:
Finland
Norway
Uruguay
Sweden
Iceland

Bottom Five:
North Korea
Iraq
Taiwan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Source: Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy “2005 Environmental Sustainability Index.”