Helping countries and cities counter the risks of a changing climate
Increasingly, people, governments and corporations must cope with the impact of climate extremes. The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) aims to help private and public sectors prioritize climate adaptation, ultimately lowering risk and enhancing readiness. With knowledge from ND-GAIN, leaders can gauge countries and cities based upon critical environmental, economic and social sectors.
Country Index
Free and open source, the ND-GAIN Country Index uses two decades of data across 45 indicators to rank 181 countries annually based upon their vulnerability and their readiness to successfully adapt.
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Urban Adaptation
ND-GAIN’s Urban Adaptation Assessment measures the climate risk and readiness of 278 U.S. cities. UAA climate hazards include flooding, extreme heat, extreme cold, drought, and sea-level rise.
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Adapting to climate extremes presents one of the greatest social and economic challenges of our time. If you’d like to engage ND-GAIN in our quest for solutions, we’d love to hear from you!
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The Latest from ND-GAIN
News
Notre Dame releases climate vulnerability assessment of more than 270 US cities
The Urban Adaptation Assessment is an open-source, free measurement and analysis tool that explores a city’s ability to adapt and readiness for adaptation to climate change.
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In the News
Did Amazon Consider Climate Risk for Its New Headquarters?
Check out the recent article by ND-GAIN Director, Patrick Regan on on the Urban Adaptation Assessment (UAA) in relation to Amazon's new headquarters.
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NEWS
U.S. remains stagnant in climate change vulnerability and readiness, new data show
For the fourth year in a row, the United States has ranked 15th in the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index.
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