CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Which country topped in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021? Ans. Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Bahamas were the countries that topped the Global CRI 2021 and were the most affected by the impact of extreme weather events in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by the impacts of climate-related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data available for 2019 and from 2000 to 2019 was taken into account.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Germanwatch institute presented the results of the Global Climate Risk Index 2020 during COP25 in Madrid. According to this analysis, based on the impacts of extreme weather events and the socio-economic losses they cause, Japan, the Philippines and Germany are the most affected places by climate change today.

Detailed explanation-4: -India jumps 2 spots higher, and is now ranked 8th as per Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI, 2023) published by German Watch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network International based in Germany.

Detailed explanation-5: -Climate change is felt by people not nations. The Notre Dame Institute judges Switzerland to be the least climate vulnerable country and Niger to be the most vulnerable.