Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti have been identified as the most affected countries in the 20-year period between 1996 and 2015. They are followed by Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Bangladesh, said the report launched yesterday at UN Climate talks in Marrakech.
Poor countries in general are more exposed to the ravages of super-storms, drought, heatwaves, and flooding, all of which have become more intense and frequent due to human-induced global warming.
"The distribution of climatic events is not fair," the report's lead author Sönke Kreft said, noting that the world's least developed countries have emitted only a small fraction of the greenhouse gases.
Mozambique tops the list of nations most affected on the 2015 climate risk index, followed by Dominica, Malawi and India. Myanmar, Ghana and Madagascar are also among the top 10.
The index measures level of exposure and vulnerability to extreme events.
The index 2017 analyses to what extent the countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related events like storms, floods, heatwaves, etc - considering the most recent data available from 1996 to 2015.
Regarding future climate change, the index may serve as a red flag for already existing vulnerability that might further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe due to climate change, the report added.
It again shows that Bangladesh needs to adopt immediate steps to assess the in-depth geographical area and sector specific climate risk assessment especially for effective evidence based adaptation that was emphasised in the Paris Agreement, said M Zakir Hossain Khan, climate finance analyst for Transparency International Bangladesh.
Moreover, it is required for proper and efficient adaptation finance as well as claim resources under the Warsaw International Mechanism of Loss and Damages, he added while talking to the Dhaka Tribune.
He also emphasised on ensuring transparency and community participation in adaptation efforts to get the best output.
Climate models predicting that global warming enhances both the intensity and frequency of such events have been borne out by a crescendo of deadly weather, especially over the last decade.
More than half-a-million people worldwide died as a direct result of almost 11,000 extreme weather events from 1996 to 2015, according to the report, which has been tracking risk, country-by-country, for more than a decade.
Storms, heatwaves, floods and other climate-related natural disasters caused upwards of three trillion dollars (2.7 trillion euros) damage over the same period.
During those two decades, the worst hit countries were Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti.
The Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand were also among the worst affected, taking into account both fatalities and the cost of other damage.
"The distribution of climatic events is not fair," the report's lead author Sönke Kreft said, noting that the world's least developed countries have emitted only a small fraction of the greenhouse gases.
Mozambique tops the list of nations most affected on the 2015 climate risk index, followed by Dominica, Malawi and India. Myanmar, Ghana and Madagascar are also among the top 10.
The index measures level of exposure and vulnerability to extreme events.
The index 2017 analyses to what extent the countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related events like storms, floods, heatwaves, etc - considering the most recent data available from 1996 to 2015.
Regarding future climate change, the index may serve as a red flag for already existing vulnerability that might further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe due to climate change, the report added.
It again shows that Bangladesh needs to adopt immediate steps to assess the in-depth geographical area and sector specific climate risk assessment especially for effective evidence based adaptation that was emphasised in the Paris Agreement, said M Zakir Hossain Khan, climate finance analyst for Transparency International Bangladesh.
Moreover, it is required for proper and efficient adaptation finance as well as claim resources under the Warsaw International Mechanism of Loss and Damages, he added while talking to the Dhaka Tribune.
He also emphasised on ensuring transparency and community participation in adaptation efforts to get the best output.
Climate models predicting that global warming enhances both the intensity and frequency of such events have been borne out by a crescendo of deadly weather, especially over the last decade.
More than half-a-million people worldwide died as a direct result of almost 11,000 extreme weather events from 1996 to 2015, according to the report, which has been tracking risk, country-by-country, for more than a decade.
Storms, heatwaves, floods and other climate-related natural disasters caused upwards of three trillion dollars (2.7 trillion euros) damage over the same period.
During those two decades, the worst hit countries were Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti.
The Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand were also among the worst affected, taking into account both fatalities and the cost of other damage.