Britain Trails World League on Its Green Credentials
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BRITAIN has scored poorly in a new league table of countries' green credentials.
A study examining 141 countries put Britain 93rd in the world for energy efficiency, including conservation efforts and renewable energy use, and 77th for its greenhouse gas emissions.
But overall Britain was ranked 25th in the list of greenest and best places to live.
According to the analysis, Britain was beaten by its neighbours Ireland, which came seventh, and France, which was in 16th place.
The country that came top in the poll - which is based on nations' green credentials and other indicators of how desirable they are to live in, such as education and income - was Finland, followed by Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Austria.
Ethiopia came bottom of the league table.
Britain scored quite highly for water quality, coming in 15th, but did not do so well for air quality, for which it received a ranking of 41st.
Glasgow was ranked as the 13th greenest city in the world - with Stockholm taking the top spot.
The worst cities were all in Asia, with Beijing at the bottom of the table.
The analysis was commissioned by Readers' Digest.
It was carried out by the US environmental economist Matthew Kahn using the United Nations' 2006 Human Development Index and the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index.
- Source: Scotsman.com
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