Environment and sustainability policy effectiveness: Synthesising and Analysing Indexes with Indicators & Impact

To understand effectiveness of policies focused on the environment, understanding certain global indexes can be essential. While there are a number of indicators, metrics and indexes, this paper would focus on a few important ones via some key indexes. In this research the focus would be on the following indexes: the Environmental Performance Index, the Green Growth Index and the OECD Environmental Policy Stringency index. Understanding these indexes with indicators and synthesising important aspects can be of importance to understand policies impact and the actual additions in value to the environment for sustainability. The scope of an index and its importance can be both global as well as local. The important aspects of the aforementioned indexes would be highlighted in this research in a cohesive manner of analysis and a discussion-like format. The paper helps in the derivation of some robust insights which could potentially be integrated in frameworks for environment policy effectiveness at different stages of a policy planning and implementation process. The challenges, changes and some key aspects of the mentioned indexes are discussed. Highlighting challenges also opens the possibility of deriving solutions and feedback.