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GLOBAL Climate Risk Index 2021 released on January 25 shows signs of escalating climate change across all continents and regions. This is the 16th edition of the annual report by Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch that analyses the extent to which countries and regions have been affected by climate-related extreme weather events such floods, storms, heatwaves etc. and ranks them.
In 2019, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Bahamas were the hardest hit by extreme weather events, the report said. Japan, Malawi, Afghanistan, India, South Sudan, Niger and Bolivia were among the other affected countries in the top-10.
Between the period 2000 – 2019, Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti reported the highest weather-related losses.
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January 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Violent storms caused more damage than any other type of extreme weather in 2019, with poorest nations bearing the brunt, according to a study published Monday by environmental organisation Germanwatch. On the one hand, there was Cyclone Idai on the southeast coast of Africa, which caused damage in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi; and, on the other hand, a hurricane in the Caribbean that hit the Bahamas, said David Eckstein, a policy adviser at Germanwatch and co-author of the report, which has been published each year since 2006.
More than 1,000 people lost their lives in Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi in March 2019, causing catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis, the authors wrote.
India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.