{"id":8576,"date":"2016-03-30T10:56:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T08:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2016-03-30T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T08:56:43","slug":"greenest-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/greenest-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"The map of the greenest countries in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yale University tells us about the world in terms of its <strong>sustainability<\/strong>. A few weeks ago, they\u00a0posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/2016yaleepi\/docs\/epi2016_final\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Environmental Performance Index of 2016<\/strong><\/a>, a project started 15 years by the World Economic Forum, which reveals the greenest countries of the world.<br \/>\nThe researchers examined twenty indicators on the protection of <strong>human<\/strong> <strong>health<\/strong> and the <strong>health of ecosystems,<\/strong> considering such factors as <strong>air pollution<\/strong>, <strong>water quality<\/strong>, forests, <strong>biodiversity<\/strong> and <strong>agriculture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which\u00a0are the best performers?<\/strong> The <strong>Top Ten<\/strong> is across Europe; this year \u00a0in the top spot we find\u00a0the <strong>Nordic Finland<\/strong> thanks to its <strong>accurate and precise\u00a0environmental policies<\/strong>. Arrived in the Finnish territory\u00a0you can not help but notice its <strong>vast green areas<\/strong>, its excellent <strong>public transport network<\/strong> but also the attention to <strong>electrical<\/strong> cars<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and intelligent lights. The podium is completed by Iceland and Sweden. Followed by Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Malta and France.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8577 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080-870x490.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape of Finland, the first among the greenest countries in the world according to 2016 Environmental Performance Index\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080-870x490.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080-536x302.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080-344x194.jpg 344w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Finland-landscape-the-island-trees-beach-sea-blue-sky-clouds_1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top positions this year are all new, the past year Switzerland, Luxembourg and Australia\u00a0had conquered the podium , but now they descended to\u00a0different positions.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8579 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-16-alle-19.32.35.png\" alt=\"Ranking of the greenest countries in the world according to 2016 EPI\" width=\"1765\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-16-alle-19.32.35.png 1765w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-16-alle-19.32.35-536x201.png 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-16-alle-19.32.35-344x129.png 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1765px) 100vw, 1765px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>And where is Italy?<\/h2>\n<p>If in 2012 it was among the top ten, and if in 2014 came twenty-second, <strong>Italy continues to worsen<\/strong>. In order to find the peninsula between the greenest countries we must arrive until the twenty-ninth position among the 180 present. Unfortunately it is not a given that amazes us that much, considering the <strong>pollution of our cities<\/strong> that recently have often recorded exceeding the threshold of fine dust. Our hope is to assist in important new environmental policies to get back in the top ten of the Environmental Performance Index in a few years, to be back among the greenest countries in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>You might also like:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/global-climate-march\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Climate March<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/green-hospitality-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Superheroes of Green Hospitality<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yale University tells us about the world in terms of its sustainability. 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