Top Three Nations For 2012 Extreme Weather Damage: Haiti, Philippines, Pakistan
[WARSAW] Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan were the countries that suffered the most due to extreme weather events in 2012, according to the Global Climate Risk Index released yesterday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland.
The 2012 events that hit these countries and, so explain their high ranking were Hurricane Sandy in Haiti, Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines, and severe monsoon flooding in Pakistan.
Most of the top 50 most vulnerable positions are taken by developing nations, with almost all South Asian countries listed there.
The index was prepared by a research and advocacy organisation based in Germany called Germanwatch, which works in the areas of sustainable development and environment.
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