The Nations Most Likely to Survive Climate Change, Mapped
Nota del administrador del blog:
Este artículo aborda una investigación que muestra que países están mejor preparados para hacer frente al cambio climático.
El trabajo está escrito en inglés, y a pesar que los gráficos son demasiado grandes y poco amigables para su visualización, he preferido mantener la investigación tal como se presenta
originalmente, sin traducción ni cambio en los gráficos.
Last year, researchers at Notre Dame attempted to determine which nations were best equipped to survive climate change—to endure the higher tides, warmer temps, and declining crop yields—and which were poised to falter. Their Global Adaptation Index (GAIN) pegged Norway as the nation most likely to survive, and Chad as the least likely to prosper.
The data was compelling, and helped enable a worthy exercise; imagining the welfare of the world's societies under the yoke of planetary warming.
"We produced this map to highlight that while climate change is caused primarily by rich, technologically advanced countries, it will be the poorest countries that will be hardest hit," Jon Whitling, the map's creator and an employee at the UK-based Eco Experts, told me.
"We hope this raises awareness of Africa’s and Asia’s high vulnerability and low readiness for climate change. Ultimately, we want world leaders to act now to limit the impact climate change will have.”
FUENTE: written by Brian Merchant ,