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  THESE are the startling maps which appear to show the countries most at risk of facing an apocalypse of cataclysmic proportions.

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How will YOUR country cope with climate change? Map reveals the best and worst places to live as our planet warms up…

Last year, researchers at Notre Dame attempted to determine ​which nations were best equipped to survive climate change—to endure the higher tides, warmer temps, and declining crop yields—and which were poised to falter. Their Global Adaptation Index (GAIN) pegged Norway as the nation most likely...

These maps claim to show which countries would be most vulnerable in the event of the effects of climate change reaching life-threatening levels - if they already haven’t.

The climate change deal that United Nations member states agreed to in Lima, Peru, on Sunday will raise billions of dollars to assist developing countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and extreme weather. U.N. member states will issue new standards to reduce carbon...

The almost two-decade Notre Dame project indexes various factors to assess risk and readiness To the average layperson, the possible effects of climate change can seem both frightening and unpredictable. A long-standing research project, however, is tracking how countries are...

Today, the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20) begins in Lima (Peru) and is widely seen – as Elias Ntungwe Ngalame in an article for Deutsche Welle (DW) rightly notes – by environmental...

Highlights from the Annual Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kTc0AbGPQ …

High in the Peruvian Andes 8,000 alpacas died during a particularly harsh period of cold in the summer of 2004. For the herders who raise and shear these long-haired beasts for a living, it was a huge loss amounting to...

Norway once again takes the prize as the best-prepared country in the world for climate change, according to data released Nov. 5 by the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN).

Analysts are right to assess the level of national preparedness to climate change -- but well-intentioned efforts to rank countries can inadvertently sow hopelessness among those considered to be ill-prepared. A recent University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAI)...

The rate of adaptation for climate change (called ND-Gain) developed by the University of Notre Dame, ranks Costa Rica as the best country in Central America to address these challenges. The country, which is in 69th place overall, outperforms other nearby nations such...

Norway ranked number one in the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) for its ability to adapt to climate change. ND-GAIN ranks over 175 countries on their ability to adapt to climate change. Norway has been at the...

Costa Rica has displaced Panama as the best-prepared country in Central America for climate change, according to data released last Wednesday by the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN).

Climate change threatens the entire planet, but some parts of the world are more vulnerable than others.

Norway is believed to be the country most prepared for climate change, and has remained so for two decades, while several sub-Saharan African countries are believed to be the most unprepared. 

The vulnerability of each country against the effects of climate change highlighted in classification presents the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN).

Some of the world’s poorest countries face the greatest threat from climate change – while the richest are relatively safe.

A new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel brings dire predictions about climate change - and a number of countries are already in full swing to prepare for the consequences of climate change.

In Senegal, efforts to counter the effects of rising sea levels and ocean storms have produced a dike that reclaims hundreds of acres of land for rice. A seawall protects homes, and beach restoration is saving thousands of tourist-related jobs....

Contact: Joyce Coffee, 574-807-9322, joyce.coffee.3@nd.edu  The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index(ND-GAIN) at the University of Notre Dame…