European Countries Dominate Top of Global Environmental Performance Index 2026

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Europe is leading the new environmental index: the boom in renewable energies is driving the balance. Experts are still admonishing further progress.

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Fifteen European countries monopolize the top positions of the Environmental Performance Index 2026, the global benchmark that measures sustainability with 47 indicators. Spain, with 66 points out of 100, remains far from the podium in a ranking that reveals both the EU leadership in the green transition and the blind spots that still threaten the implementation of the Green Pact. The Environmental Performance Index (EPI), developed by the unive…