Global Climate Risk Index 2021

Subject – Environment

Context – Climate negotiators must wake up to loss and damage as disasters multiply

Concept –

The international environmental think tank ‘Germanwatch’ released the Global Climate Risk Index 2021.
Germanwatch, based in Bonn and Berlin (Germany), is an independent development and environmental organisation which works for sustainable global development.
It is published
The Index analyses the extent to which countries and regions have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).
The impact is calculated in terms of fatalities and economic losses, both.
The 2021 Index does not include data from United States of America.
Mozambique, Zimbabwe as well as the Bahamas were the most affected countries in 2019.
For the period from 2000 to 2019, Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti rank highest.
India has improved its rankings from last year. It is ranked 7th in the 2021 Index as compared to 5th in 2020 Index.