With reference to the Environment Performance Index EPI consider the following statements The report...........

Explanation:

• The Union environment ministry has said the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI) is unscientific and biased in its methodology.

Environment Performance Index (EPI)

• EPI which ranks 180 countries on 40 performance indicators including climate change, environmental public health, biodiversity etc.

The report is prepared by the researchers of

• Yale Centre for Environmental Law &Policy and
• Centre for International Earth Science Information Network Earth Institute, Columbia University.
• The EPI offers a scorecard that highlights leaders and laggards in environmental performance.
• It also provides practical guidance for countries that aspire to move toward a sustainable future.

Hence only statement 2nd is correct.