Re: Does capitalism really need growth to survive?

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

> http://www.ciesin.org/indicators/ESI/
>
> The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
>
> The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress
> towards environmental sustainability, developed for 142 countries. The ESI scores
> are based upon a set of 20 core "indicators," each of which combines two to eight
> variables for a total of 68 underlying variables. The ESI permits cross-national
> comparisons of environmental progress in a systematic and quantitative fashion.
It
> represents a first step towards a more analytically driven approach to
> environmental decisionmaking.
>
> The documents made available here provide in-depth details on the analytical
> framework, quantitative methodology, and data sources that underlie the ESI . We
> welcome criticisms, suggestions, and comments
>
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Forgot to add the critique[s] of the methodology:

http://www.anti-lomborg.com/ESI%20critique.rtf

http://www.anti-lomborg.com