In the last few years, one country on ND-GAIN’s matrix has moved up in the readiness rankings faster than any other: Rwanda. This quick shift is mostly attributable to rapid increases in its economic readiness for the country, measured by...

In May 2015, Pope Francis released an encyclical concerning sustainable development called “Laudato Si’.” In the encyclical, Pope Francis says, “The same mindset which stands in the way of making radical decisions to reverse the trend of global warming also stands in the...

Continuing its effort at the country level to measure climate vulnerability and measure readiness to accept adaptation investment, Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) now starts down-scaling the…