A new report says Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti top a new list of nations hardest hit by two decades of storms, floods and landslides that killed more than half a million people. Climate analysts released the report on December 3, warning of more frequent disasters if the Earth’s overheating cannot be tamed.
Scientists point to the mounting threat from storms, floods, droughts and rising seas if mankind cannot reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, especially from fossil fuels.
A red flag for negotiators from 195 countries trying to broker a global climate-saving pact in Paris, the Bonn-based advocacy group Germanwatch released the 2016 Global Climate Risk Index showing those nations most affected by the direct consequences of extreme weather events.
Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti were the most afflicted by such disasters between 1995 and 2014, said the latest edition of the annual index. Next were the Philippines, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Pakistan, Thailand and Guatemala.
Altogether more than 525,000 people died as a direct result of about 15,000 extreme weather events, the report said. Losses amounted to more than US$2.97 trillion, it said. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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