(Dagbladet): Every year prepares researchers at the University of Notre Dame, Global Adaptation Index, over the various countries’ ability to cope with future climate change, revealing simultaneously which countries are the most vulnerable.
Norway tops the list of countries that are best able to address climate change, followed by New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
The country that comes very worst is Chad on 178. place on the list. Of the ten countries that performed poorly in the indexing, eight of them African countries. The other two countries shared 170. space, Haiti and Afghanistan.
– Caused by rich countries
Countries are assessed based vulnerability and preparedness. Weddesigner Jon Whiting at The Eco Experts in the UK has prepared several maps, based on figures from the Global Adaptation Index, to raise awareness about climate change.
– We produced these maps to emphasize that despite the fact that climate change is largely caused by the rich countries with advanced technology, it is the poorest countries that will be hardest hit, says Whiting in an e-mail Dagbladet.
Exo Experts is a London-based firm that provides comparison of prices on solar panels for UK customers.
Whiting hope maps can cause people to become more aware of Africa and Asia vulnerability and lack of preparedness to adapt to climate change.
– Hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts and floods are a real threat to these countries, and these threats are further compounded by the lack of national strategies to counteract the effect of them, he says.
He believes Norway, despite the fact that they top the list, must not rest on our laurels.
– Climate change will continue to have a significant impact on land and Norway must continue to prepare for this, he said.
Pacific State under water
Some countries are not on list, on the grounds that there is not enough data available to assess their vulnerability and preparedness. The island nation of Kiribati is one of them. Scientists have estimated that stillehavstaten going to be under water by 2050 if climate change continues as now.
The country’s president, Anote Tong, has asked the world for help.
– We must build a dike to protect the population, but we do not have the resources. The international community has a moral responsibility, and those who can, must help, said Tong NTB September.
More and more residents have been forced to move because the water has destroyed their homes. More and more asking the authorities for help.
In September last year, Tong with Greenpeace to Svalbard to see how climate change contributes to the melting of the Arctic.
– When ice melts, it also runs in our direction. The water washes over our coast, our homes, into our lives and into our existence. Climate change is a global process, said Tong.
Warns costs
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned in December that it will be far more expensive for developing countries to adapt to climate change. In a report, it is clear that the costs in the worst case could reach 500 billion dollars a year (around 3900 billion Norwegian kroner).
On the climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009 decided industrialized countries that from 2020, providing $ 100 billion annually from public and private sources, so poor countries can protect themselves against drought, floods and extreme weather.
The money will also contribute to a shift from polluting power sources such as coal and oil to clean energy.
UNEP estimates that the costs can be three times as large as originally anticipated. Around 2050, need be 200-300 billion dollars annually and at worst $ 500 billion, writes UN agency report, according to NTB.
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