Environmental Performance Index as an Assessment Method of the Country’s Ecological Security

Abstract

The creation of the effective environmental safety system, increasing the level of national and regional environmental performance are the most important factors in maintaining competitiveness and ensuring sustainable development of many countries. The research problem is that despite the large number of scientific works are devoted to environmental safety and environmental efficiency, there is no single methodological basis that would allow us to assess the environmental performance at the global, national, regional levels. Thus, an objective comparison of the environmental performance of different countries and regions becomes impossible. The purpose of the study is to assess environmental safety of the Russian Federation based on indicators of the Global Environmental Performance Index. The study identified problems that impede the formation of the effective environmental and economic security system of the country.