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No developed country is on the top 20 list of countries worst affected by extreme weather events

No developed country is on the top 20 list of countries worst affected by extreme weather events

600,000 people died as a direct consequence from more than 11,000 extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, the 2010 Global Climate Risk Index shows.
The report from the climate and development organization Germanwatch was released on Tuesday at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
According to the index, Bangladesh is the country most severely [...]

December 9 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »