Bangladesh, India & China at ‘high risk’ from natural disasters
Leading emerging markets lack resilience to cope with natural disasters and extreme weather events according to risk analysts Maplecroft
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40 million people at high risk from climate change in China
The 5th annual risk atlas from analysts Maplecroft finds five of China’s major cities at ‘high risk’ and warns multi-national companies operating in most Asian cities could face spiralling environmental costs.
Bangladesh rated world’s most vulnerable country to climate change
A third of global economic output worth $44 trillion is likely to face ‘high’ or ‘extreme’ risk as a result of global warming
Australia’s acute water shortages mapped
Projected Australian water shortages suggest governments of future will have to ration water between mining, agriculture and major cities.
New report reveals Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myanmar, India and Vietnam at acute risk from climate change
Maplecroft’s Natural Hazards Risk Atlas reveals emerging South Asia’s key economies must build resilience against natural hazards such as flooding and cyclones.
Analysis: Drought-hit Middle East ripe for conflict
What role could drought, rising food prices and extreme poverty play in exacerbating tensions in the MENA region?