The Center for Global Development has compiled a map of vulnerability to climate change, illustrating four primary dimensions: extreme weather events, sea level rise, agricultural productivity loss, and overall vulnerability. Documenting the rankings of 169 countries, the maps are based off of a dataset and publication intended to help prioritize adaptation assistance. Above is the map of overall vulnerability of nations to agricultural productivity loss, indicating that key focal areas are located in Africa and South Asia.
View the complete set of maps on the Center for Global Development website.
Julien Custot
February 23, 2012 at 6:34amIt would now be useful to use this map regarding agricultural productivity to assess the impact of climate change on food and nutrition security of people in urban and rural areas.
The scale of the mapping would have to go down at subnational level. The model should include data on: population density; transportation/supply/storage facilities; food consumption patterns; local and national food production and imports; etc.
Urban-rural linkages are a cross-cutting issue.