Of the 10 most affected countries in 2018, Germany, Japan and India suffered from extended periods of heat. "The Climate Risk Index shows that climate change has disastrous impacts especially for poor countries, but also causes increasingly severe damage in industrialized countries like Japan or Germany," said David Eckstein of Germanwatch. READ ALSO: Climate crisis: Berlin to be 'as hot as Australia' in 30 yearsIn the long-term index, seven of the 10 most severely affected countries are poorer countries. Poor countries need help not only to adapt to climate change, but also to deal with unavoidable damage and losses, Künzel added. "They are hit hardest by climate change impacts because they lack the financial and technical capacity to deal with the losses and damages.

Source: The Local December 04, 2019 14:03 UTC