Global Climate Risk Index 2014 - Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-Related Loss Events in 2012 and 1993 to 2012

The 2012 droughts and floods in large areas of the Balkan, eastern Europe and southern Russia in the aftermath of the unparalleled 2010 wildfires have proven the climate vulnerability of the region that hosts the 2013 Cli- mate Change Conference (COP 19 in Warsaw). [...] The Warsaw Summit provides the opportunity to further detail the adapta- tion implementation by determining the role of adaptation in the 2015 agreement and by renewing the international adaptation knowledge man- agement. [...] Haiti, the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere, rises into the top three of the most affected countries over the past two decades due to the serious impact that Hurricane Sandy had on the Caribbean island. [...] After a foundational decision in Doha (2012), where the international community defined first the role of the UNFCCC, second areas to support developing countries, and third future loss and damage work in the UNFCCC process, the Warsaw COP is expected to decide on the institutional set-up of the negotiation strand in the UNFCCC process. [...] While still much needs to be done at the technical level; part of the loss and damage negotiations is also the matter of including the work area in the discus- sions leading to the 2015 agreement.