Pakistan improves on global climate change vulnerability rankings
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Germanwatch uses data from 2000-2019 to analyse and rank countries
Pakistan lost 0.52% per unit of its GDP due to climate change
Pakistan witnessed 173 climate-related events in 19 years
A recent study has found that Pakistan was able to reduce its vulnerability to climate change by three points.
Titled Global Climate Risk Index 2021 , the report by Germanwatch was released on Monday and showed Pakistan drop from 5th most vulnerable country to climate change, to the 8th position.
The think-tank said it took into account most data from 2000 to 2019 to analyze and rank to what extent the countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate-related extreme weather event such as storms, floods, and heatwaves.