The Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) was developed by a team at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in Fiji led by Ursula Kaly and Craig Pratt with my collaboration and based on my initial proposal. The main work was completed in 2004 and it was launched at the SIDS preparatory session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development in 2004 and the Mauritius International Meeting on further implementation of the Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States in 2005. While developed to demonstrate the particular vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the EVI was calculated for as many countries as data allowed for comparative purposes.
The EVI interactive website that made its results available in a flexible format disappeared in 2020, so I am posting the main documents on my personal website so that this pioneering work will not be lost.
EVI Making Visible (presentation) 2004
Globalising the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI): Proceedings of the EVI Globalisation Meeting, 27–29 August 2001, Geneva, Switzerland. SOPAC Technical Report 345.
Report on the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II, 4–6 October 2004, Suva, Fiji. SOPAC Technical Report 377.
The Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) 2004, SOPAC Technical Report 384. December 2004.
Final documentation 7 January 2005
EVI Calculator (Beta) (xls)
Summary of Global EVI Scores (map)
Status of Global EVI Data and Scores
Island vulnerability (graphic of output)
Draft Discussion Paper: EVI Country Diagnostic Report and Action Plan (DRAP) for Papua New Guinea, 2005.
Last updated 26 October 2021