Most risky areas
According to a ranking of 193 nations by Maplecroft, a British firm specialising in risk analysis, Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed. Bangladesh, India and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are among 30 countries with "extreme" exposure to climate shift. Five Southeast Asian nations – Indonesia, Burma, Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia – are also in the highest category, partly because of rising seas and increasing severe tropical storms.
By Shruti Saxena