{"id":87974,"date":"2019-12-12T14:20:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=87974"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:20:46","slug":"global-climate-risk-index-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/global-climate-risk-index-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Climate Risk Index 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: What is the rank of India in &#8216;Global Climate Risk Index, 2020&#8217; released by Germanwatch on December 4, 2019?<br> (a) 14th <br> (b) 7th<br> (c) 5th <br> (d) 9th<br> Answer \ud83d\ude41 c) <br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 4 December 2019, the Global Climate Risk Index, 2020 was released by the international environmental think tank Germanwatch.<\/li><li>This is the 15th edition of this index.<\/li><li>The index analyses the extent to which countries and regions have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).<\/li><li>The countries and territories affected most in 2018 were Japan, the Philippines as well as Germany.<\/li><li>For the period from 1999 to 2018(long-term index) Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti rank highest.<\/li><li>Altogether, about 495 000 people died as a direct result of more than 12 000 extreme weather events globally and losses between 1999 and 2018 amounted to around US$ 3.54 trillion (in purchasing power parities).<\/li><li>Heatwaves were one major cause of damage in 2018. Of the ten most affected countries in 2018, Germany, Japan and India were suffering from extended periods of heat.<\/li><li>Of the ten most affected countries and territories in the period 1999 to 2018, seven were developing countries in the low income or lower-middle income country group, two were classified as upper-middle income countries (Thailand and Dominica) and one was an advanced economy generating high income (Puerto Rico).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>India specific findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the Climate Risk Index 2020, India is ranked 5th.<\/li><li>Whereas in 2017 India\u2019s rank was 14th.<\/li><li>India\u2019s high rank is due to severe rainfalls, followed by heavy flooding and landslide that killed over 1000 people.<\/li><li>India has also recorded the highest number of fatalities due to climate change and the second-highest monetary losses from its impact in 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/sites\/german\">https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/sites\/german<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/sites\/germanwatch.org\/files\/20-2-01e%20Global%20Climate%20Risk%20Index%202020_9.pdf\">https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/sites\/germanwatch.org\/files\/20-2-01e%20Global%20Climate%20Risk%20Index%202020_9.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the rank of India in &#8216;Global Climate Risk Index, 2020&#8217; released by Germanwatch on December 4, 2019? (a) 14th (b) 7th (c) 5th (d) 9th Answer \ud83d\ude41 c) Related facts: On 4 December 2019, the Global Climate Risk Index, 2020 was released by the international environmental think tank Germanwatch. 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