Which Countries are Most and Least Vulnerable to Climate Shocks? How does your own country fare?

Be sure to check out your own country. 

The Columbia Climate School created a new dashboard to examine climate vulnerabilities for 188 different countries.

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References and Links:

International Rescue Committee...
2024 EMERGENCY WATCHLIST AT A GLANCE
https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/CS2401_Watchlist-at-a-Glance_Handout_Final_0.pdf

International Rescue Committee...
Charting a course through a new crisis landscape
Emergency Watchlist 2024
https://www.rescue.org/eu/emergency-watchlist-2024

International Rescue Committee...
Full Report: https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/CS2401_Report_Watchlist_Final_30MB_0.pdf

Great article:
Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
Columbia Climate School
June 25, 2025
Link: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/06/25/global-climate-risk-index-ranks-188-countries-by-vulnerability-and-access-to-finance/

"Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a new index that integrates countries’ vulnerabilities to natural and human-caused hazards with their ability to access financing to pay for prevention, recovery and rebuilding actions. The Climate Finance (CliF) Vulnerability Index’s interactive dashboard displays current and future risk exposure scenarios of 188 nations and identifies the 65 most at-risk, or “red zone” nations. Two-thirds of these countries are in Africa.

The goals of the index are to promote more comprehensive risk assessment standards, help agencies target resources to mitigate vulnerability, and more effectively reach communities facing disaster and financial risks."

Columbia Climate School: National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Climate Finance Vulnerability Index: Interactive Dashboard on how 188 different countries are doing.
https://clifvi.org/

Highest Risk country
https://clifvi.org/country/guinea-bissau/

Lowest Risk country
https://clifvi.org/country/norway/

Germanwatch.org Climate Risk Index report (CRI)
https://www.germanwatch.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/Climate%20Risk%20Index%202025.pdf

Article: Countries most affected by climate change
https://www.iberdrola.com/sustainability/top-countries-most-affected-by-climate-change

Wikipedia: Great article on Climate Vulnerability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_vulnerability


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