Editing Luxembourg (section)

=== Environment ===
According to the 2012 [[Environmental Performance Index]], Luxembourg is one of the world's best performers in environmental protection, ranking fourth out of 132 assessed countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epi.yale.edu/epi2012/rankings |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120505092852/http://epi.yale.edu/epi2012/rankings |title=2012 EPI :: Rankings – Environmental Performance Index |date=5 May 2012 |archive-date=5 May 2012 |website=yale.edu}}</ref> In 2020, it ranked second out of 180 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the greenest country in the world? |url=https://www.atlasandboots.com/greenest-country-in-the-world/ |website=ATLAS & BOOTS |date=6 June 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127213254/https://www.atlasandboots.com/greenest-country-in-the-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Luxembourg also ranks sixth among the top ten most liveable cities in the world by Mercer's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyork-cg.mae.lu/en/News/Luxembourg-City-in-the-top-10-of-the-most-livable-cities |title=MAE – Luxembourg City in the top 10 of the most "livable" cities / News / New York CG / Mini-Sites |website=Newyork-cg.mae.lu |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629114053/http://newyork-cg.mae.lu/en/News/Luxembourg-City-in-the-top-10-of-the-most-livable-cities }}</ref> The country wants to cut [[GHG emissions]] by 55% in 10 years and reach zero emissions by 2050. Luxembourg wants to increase its organic farming fivefold.<ref>{{cite web |last1=SCHNUER |first1=CORDULA |title=LUX MUST "REDOUBLE ITS EFFORTS" TO MEET CLIMATE TARGETS: OECD |url=https://delano.lu/d/detail/news/lux-must-redouble-its-efforts-meet-climate-targets-oecd/212398#:~:text=Luxembourg%20plans%20to%20cut%20carbon,fold%20increase%20of%20organic%20farming. |website=Delano |access-date=20 November 2020 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119073514/https://delano.lu/d/detail/news/lux-must-redouble-its-efforts-meet-climate-targets-oecd/212398#:~:text=Luxembourg%20plans%20to%20cut%20carbon,fold%20increase%20of%20organic%20farming. |url-status=live }}</ref> It had a 2019 [[Forest Landscape Integrity Index]] mean score of 1.12/10, ranking it 164th globally out of 172 countries.<ref name="FLII-Supplementary">{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|display-authors=1|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G |s2cid=228082162|doi-access=free}}</ref> 

In 2024, Luxembourg is ranked 2nd in [[Environmental Performance Index]] globally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Environmental Performance Index |url=https://epi.yale.edu/measure/2024/EPI |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Environmental Performance Index |language=en}}</ref>