The Doomsday List

The Times in UK last week cited a study which ranks nations according to their vulnerability to climate change, and no surprise, some of the worst climate change offenders will escape the worse effects of climate change.

The poorest countries, including most of Africa and much of south Asia, face “extreme risk” from climate change despite having very low greenhouse gas emissions.

Here is a summary of the list that came out: (Canada was ranked 163)

THE MOST (AND LEAST) VULNERABLE COUNTRIES...

Risk level: E-extreme; H-high; M-medium; L-low. The higher the number, the less at-risk)

1 Somalia E

2 Haiti E

3 Afghanistan E

4 Sierra Leone E

5 Burundi E

6 Guinea E

7 Rwanda E

8 The Gambia E

9 Chad E

10 Nigeria E

33 Iraq H

58 India H

84 Iran H

102 Brazil M

109 China M

126 Russia L

128 Italy L

151 Germany L

152 US L

153 Ireland L

154 France L

155 UK L

156 Australia L

157 Luxembourg L

158 Iceland L

159 Switzerland L

160 Sweden L

161 Austria L

162 New Zealand L

163 Canada L

164 Japan L

165 Finland L

166 Norway L