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posted by janrinok on Friday February 16 2018, @12:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the climate-refugees dept.

TheEcoExperts report

So, which country is the most likely to survive climate change?

The answer is Norway, thanks to its low vulnerability score and high readiness score. The nation's Nordic neighbours also fared well, with Finland (3rd), Sweden (4th), Denmark (6th), and Iceland (8th) landing 5 out of the 10 top spots for survivability. So we should all flee to the countries of northern Europe and the north Atlantic to live out our final days should our planet become uninhabitable.

Interestingly the UK and US did not make the top 10, ranking 12th and 15th respectively. Both these nations were named amongst the 10 countries most likely to survive climate change in our 2015 version of this map, but an overall worsening of their vulnerability and readiness scores led to this slip in rank.

Even more surprising is China's position in the ranking--59th. Despite arguably being the world's biggest contributor towards climate change--emitting a massive 9,040 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year--the country is somewhat sensitive to the effects of a warming planet. This is largely due to the nation's growing population which is putting a strain on China's natural resources and public services. Rather ironically, China's vulnerability to climate change therefore means that they may eventually reap what they sow.

...and who are the biggest losers?

At the other end of the scale, it comes as no surprise that the world's poorest and least developed nations have the lowest chance of surviving climate change. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa fill the bottom 10 spaces for survivability, with Somalia being named the country least likely to survive climate change.

Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo also fared badly, owing to their unstable governance, poor infrastructure, lack of healthcare, and a scarcity of food and water.

These findings serve as a stark reminder of the need for wealthier, more established countries to support the world's most vulnerable nations. This is particularly true given that many of the world's richest economies contribute the most to climate change but are in fact the least likely to be affected by it.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @02:54AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @02:54AM (#638612)

    Yeah, well.
    Bucky Fuller -did- have another idea. [google.com]
    (Be careful not to jab yourself on any of those pointy things.)

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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday February 16 2018, @05:03AM (3 children)

    by captain normal (2205) on Friday February 16 2018, @05:03AM (#638669)

    If Columbus had relied on any such map, he would never have left Spain.

    --
    When life isn't going right, go left.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @06:32AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @06:32AM (#638710)

      I'd like to see him fold it up and stick it in his pocket.
      ...and some folks have problems with folding regular old roadmaps. Heh.

      -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Friday February 16 2018, @10:00PM (1 child)

      by dry (223) on Friday February 16 2018, @10:00PM (#639067) Journal

      If Columbus had a real good map (that didn't show the unknown Americas), he would never have left home. The only reason that he tried when no one else did was due to erroneously believing the world was only 18000 miles around with a bigger Asia when most thought it was closer to 25000 miles and just way to far to sail to Asia with the current technology.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @10:20PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @10:20PM (#639484)

        There's speculation that he was sandbagging his financiers|crew.
        If aristarchus was around, he'd have already noted that one of his buddies (a Greek, living in Egypt) had a very good estimate for the circumference of the Earth back about 230 BCE. [google.com]
        By 1492, anyone with a proper education knew about that guy's calculation.

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