Twelve countries on climate change hit-list – Droughts to become more frequent and intense
JOHANNESBURG, 8 July 2009 (IRIN): The World Bank has made a list of the five main threats arising from climate change: droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture.
Four of the worlds poorest nations top the list of the 12 countries at the highest risk (og flere af dem er programsamarbejdslande for dansk bistand, red.).
Malawi, a low-income southern African country where most people live in rural areas and earn 975 US dollar or less per year, is most susceptible (udsat) to droughts, which are likely to become more frequent and intense. It has had two serious droughts in the past 20 years and a prolonged dry spell in 2004.
Bangladesh heads the list of countries most at risk of flooding.
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