DISPROPORTIONATE RISK
GLOBAL
The world through the lens of climate change vulnerability and readiness
CUB
CAN
USA
HTI
JAM
West
Indies
MEX
GTM
SLV
HDN
NIC
PAN
VCT
TTO
NORTH/CENTRAL
AMERICA
57
ECU
GUY
VEN
BRA
BOL
SUR
PRY
Here, the 175 countries
included in the ND-GAIN
Index are redrawn as
circles. The size of a
circle is proportional to
that country’s
vulnerability score, while
the color encodes its
readiness to accept
adaptation investment.
FIN
DNK
ISL
LVA
IRL
NLD
GBR
BEL
ESP
PRT
ITA
CZE
CHE
MLT
EUROPE
POL
UKR
HUN
BIH
MNE
VULNERABILITY
low
high
Many countries in Africa and
Asia exhibit the dangerous
combination of high
vulnerabilty and low
readiness.
CPV
MRT
CYP
EGY
GIN
LBR
low
high
ND-GAIN Index scores, which combine vulnerability
and readiness to illustrate comparative resilience, are
given for each region defined by large white circles.
ISO3 codes are given for a subset of countries.
DZA
SYR
ISR
ERI
TUN
TGO
TCD SDN KEN
CMR CAF
GAB
STP
AFRICA
42
DATA SOURCE:
ZAF
LSO
IND
LKA
IRN
IRQ
SAU
MMR
ARE
KWT
54
JPN
LAO
MYS
SGP
MIDDLE
EAST
IDN
57
SLB
FJI
PACIFIC
COM
MOZ
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MDG
PHL
KHM
NZL
MWI
BWA ZWE
AFG
KOR
AUS
COD RWA BDI
AGO
CHN
PNG
NER
GHA BFA
TJK
BGD
GEO
GMB
GNB
TKM
ALB
YEM
Color indicates a Country’s
READINESS
GRC
ASIA
RUS
KGZ
68
SOUTH
AMERICA
Size indicates a Country’s
MDA
SRB
URY
55
55
57
TLS
READINESS UPGRADES
VULNERABILITY
Examining a six year trend, a number of vulnerable countries have made
great strides in readiness. Their positions on the ND-GAIN Matrix in 2013,
compared to 2008, demonstrate the improvements possible with smart
investment.
Liberia
Rwanda
Guinea
Laos
Sao Tome & Principe
Zimbabwe
READINESS
VULNERABILITY
The ND-GAIN Matrix illustrates the comparative resilience of countries
to climate. The vertical axis shows the vulnerability score and the
horizontal axis shows the readiness score.
READINESS
DATA SOURCE:
Countries in the red quadrant have a high vulnerability to climatic
change, and a low level of readiness. Countries in both red and blue
quadrants are a priority for investment.
As a country improves its readiness (moving left to right across the
matrix), it increases its ability to accept adaptation investment
to address the urgent need for action.
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