Data source: The Access Initiative (TAI) and World Resources Institute (WRI)
The Environmental Democracy Index measures the degree to which countries have enacted legally binding rules that provide for environmental information collection and disclosure, public participation across a range of environmental decisions, and fair, affordable, and independent avenues for seeking justice and challenging decisions that impact the environment. The index evaluates 70 countries across 75 legal indicators, based on objective and internationally recognized standards established by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Bali Guidelines. EDI also includes a supplemental set of 24 limited practice indicators that provide insight on a country's performance in implementation.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(World Resource Institute &
the Access Initiative, 2015)
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edi_edi
EDI measures to which degree countries have enacted legally binding rules that provide for environmental information collection and disclosure, public participation across a range of environmental dec ...
edi_gaarr
The indicator measures to which extent states ensure that the access of members of the public concerned to review procedures relating to the environment is not prohibitively expensive and to which ext ...
edi_gadrei
The indicator measures to which extent the states encourage the development and use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms where these are appropriate. In scoring this indicator, “alternate disp ...
edi_gaerr
The indicator measures to which extent the states provide adequate information to the public about the procedures operated by courts of law and other relevant bodies in relation to environmental issu ...
edi_gair
The indicator measures the existence of a clear positive legal mandate that gives the public the right to access environmental information upon request. This indicator is an arithmetic average of e ...
edi_gapc
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that due account is taken of the comments of the public in the decision-making process and that the decisions are made public. This indicat ...
edi_gbs
The indicator measures to which extent the states provide broad interpretation of standing in proceedings concerned with environmental matters with a view to achieving effective access to justice. ...
edi_gee
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure the timely and effective enforcement of decisions in environmental matters taken by courts of law and by administrative and other relevant bodi ...
edi_gepd
The indicator measures to which extent the states provide environmental information in the public domain that include, among other things, information about environmental quality, environmental impact ...
edi_gepp
The indicator measures to which extent the states states ensure opportunities for early and effective public participation in decision-making related to the environment. This indicator is an arit ...
edi_gewi
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that all information that would enable the public to take measures to prevent imminent threat of harm to human health or the environment is dis ...
edi_gftir
The indicator measures to which extent the states provide effective procedures for timely review by courts of law or other independent and impartial bodies, or administrative procedures, of issues rel ...
edi_ggr
The indicator measures to which extent the states clearly define in their law the specific grounds on which a request for environmental information can be refused. The grounds for refusal are to be in ...
edi_gicm
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that their competent public authorities regularly collect and update relevant environmental information, including information on environmental ...
edi_gip
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that all information relevant for decision-making related to the environment is made available, in an objective, understandable, timely, and ef ...
edi_gipirm
The indicator measures to which extent the states consider appropriate ways of ensuring, at an appropriate stage, public input into the preparation of legally binding rules that might have a significa ...
edi_gira
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that any natural or legal person who considers that his or her request for environmental information has been unreasonably refused, in part or ...
edi_gpajad
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that decisions relating to the environment taken by a court of law, other independent and impartial or administrative body, are publicly availa ...
edi_gper
The indicator measures to which extent the states provide a framework for prompt, adequate and effective remedies in cases relating to the environment, such as interim and final injunctive relief. ...
edi_gppa
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that the members of the public concerned have access to a court of law or other independent and impartial body to challenge the substantive and ...
edi_gppc
The indicator measures to which extent the states make efforts to seek proactively public participation in a transparent and consultative manner, including efforts to ensure that members of the public ...
edi_gppr
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that when a review process is carried out where previously unconsidered environmentally significant issues or circumstances have arisen, the pu ...
edi_grpcspa
The indicator measures to which extent the states ensure that the members of the public concerned have access to a court of law or other independent and impartial body or administrative procedures to ...
edi_gser
The indicator measures to which extent the states periodically prepare and disseminate at reasonable intervals up-to-date information on the state of the environment, including information on its qual ...
edi_jp
The Justice Pillar Score combines guidelines "Information request appeals", "Public participation appeals", "Right of public to challenge state or private actors", "Broad standing", "Fair, timely, and ...
edi_pati
The Access to Information Pillar Score combines guidelines "Accessibility of information requests", "Environmental information in the public domain", "Ground for refusal", "Information collection and ...
edi_pp
The Participation Pillar Score combines guidelines "Early public participation", "Proactive public consultation", "Informed participation", "Due account of public comments", "Public participation revi ...