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Pakistan 7th most vulnerable country to climate change

This year on November 08, 2016, at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, Germanwatch launched its latest Global Climate Risk Index 2017, listing countries most affected from the impacts of extreme weather events in 2015 and 1996-2015.

 

This time, fortunately, Pakistan does not stand among the top 10 climate affected countries in the short-term index, as it is ranked 11th, and losing US $ 907.122 million and 0.0974 per cent to the GDP. However in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index (1996-2015), Pakistan is placed 7th, losing US $ 3.8 billion and 0.6 per cent to the GDP. It is important to note that in the last year’s Long-Term Climate Risk Index (1995-2014), Pakistan was ranked 8th, losing US $ 3.9 billion and 0.7 per cent to the GDP, thus highlighting that Pakistan’s vulnerability is increasing in the long-run. The report categorically mentions Pakistan recurrently affected by catastrophes and ranked amongst the most affected countries both in the short and long term index, for the last six years.

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