Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for Adaptation Assistance
Published By: | Published Date: January, 24 , 2011The effects of climate change have been and will be worse in poor countries and small-island states, those least able to adapt to the climate-related disasters. In this paper, senior fellow David Wheeler quantifies and makes available in an accompanying database the vulnerability of 233 countries to three major effects of climate change (weather-related disasters, sea-level rise, and reduced agricultural productivity). [Working Paper No.240]
Author(s): David Wheeler | Posted on: Feb 01, 2011 | Views(1054) | Download (166)