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Maplecroft’s Climate Change Risk Report 2009/10 is a distinctive
resource to help businesses, investors and international organisations
assess and compare climate change risks across countries.
The Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) is a unique attempt to
quantify and map vulnerability to the impacts of climate change at the
sub-national level. It comprises of six sub-indices: economy; resource
security, ecosystems; poverty, development and health; population,
settlement and infrastructure; and institutions, governance and social
capital. Somalia (1), Haiti (2) and Afghanistan (3) are rated “extreme
risk” and are the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate
change. Whilst Norway is the lowest ranked country in the Climate
Change Vulnerability Index.
The three other aspects of climate change which are analysed include:
CO
2
emissions from energy use, CO
2
emissions from land use and
unsustainable energy use. In the CO
2
emissions from energy use index
Australia is ranked highest (1), followed by the USA (2) and Canada
(3). China is ranked 44, based on its historical emissions and lower per
capita emissions of 4.58 tons CO
2
annum, as opposed to 20.58 tons
CO
2
per capita in Australia.
Maplecroft has created the Climate Change Risk Report 2009/2010 to
enable businesses, investors and international organisations to:
Assess, quantify and compare climate change risks and develop
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strategies to mitigate them
Analyse climate change vulnerability for 166 countries
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Examine detailed, succinct and easy-to-use assessment of risks
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relating to CO
2
emissions from energy and land use, unsustainable
energy use, climate change regulation
Access data for specific locations and regions through unique
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sub-national mapping of climate change vulnerability
Analyse, compare and chart climate risk data for every country and
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download it in excel format
View, download and print country scorecards plus climate change
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indices, maps and graphics
The Climate Change Risk Report 2009/10 is presented online. Country-
by-country scorecards provide easy-to-use quantifiable data of risks
relating to climate change vulnerability, CO
2
emissions, unsustainable
energy use and regulation.
More substantive details are available through one of our briefings
(c10 pages) or report (c30 pages) products. To view samples of these
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Maplecroft Climate Change Risk Report 2009/2010
Climate Change Risk List Highlights Vulnerable Nations
and Safe Havens
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Extreme risk
High risk
Medium risk
Low risk
No Data
Somailia
Sierra
Leone
Burundi
Chad
Nigeria
The Gambia
Guinea
Rwanda
Haiti
Afghanistan
Climate Change Risk Report
2009/2010
Country-by-country risk analysis and mapping
Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI)
CO
2
Energy Emissions Index (CEEI)
CO
2
Land Use Emissions Index (CLEI)
Unsustainable Energy Index (UEI)
Climate Change Regulation
Further information
Maplecroft specialises in the analysis
and creative visualisation of global
risks. Our comprehensive portfolio of
indicators, reports and interactive GIS
maps provide clients with innovative
ways to manage and mitigate risk.
These tools assess vulnerability to over
100 global risks and allow organisations
with a global footprint to formulate
strategy, control risk exposure, secure
industry leadership and work towards a
sustainable future
Available
online from
3rd September