Category: Climate transition risk
Risk type: Regulatory policy
Indicator: Environmental Policy Stringency
Provider: OECD

Measure of the stringency of environmental policy, where stringency is defined as the degree to which environmental policies put an explicit or implicit price on polluting or environmentally harmful behaviour. The index is based on the degree of stringency of 13 environmental policy instruments, primarily related to climate and air pollution.

  • Source/link:
  • Unit:
    Score 1-6
  • Data type:
    Statistics
  • Geographical scope:
    41 Countries (across globe)
  • Frequency of data aggregation:
    Annual
  • Time coverage (from year):
    1990
  • Time coverage (to year):
    2020
  • Available for download in xls/csv:
    YES
  • Can be disclosed in other formats:
    NO
  • Interactive map/graph available:
    NO