Global temperatures have risen by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Last year was one of the two hottest ever recorded on Earth. "Failing to adapt to heat stress will not only be deadly but also devastating – it will scorch economies, inflate inequalities, drive migration and amplify natural hazard risks already damaging key urban economies," Liz Hypes, senior environment and climate change analyst for Verisk Maplecroft, said in the report. Shop The Huge Mattress Sale At Casper (SPONSORED) The report refers heavily to the impacts of rising temperatures driven by greenhouse gas emissions. Glasgow, Scotland, was ranked least vulnerable to climate change. city on the list at 257th for overall environmental risk. India ranked as the most at-risk country, with 43 of the top 100 cities on the list. (MORE: EPA's Updated Climate Change Data Shows Global Warming's Impacts Are Already Here ) The Indonesian capital has plenty of company from its neighbors – 99 of the 100 most at-risk cities are in Asia, which has some of the highest density populations in the world. Jakarta, singled out for a triple whammy of flooding, air pollution and earthquakes, ranked No.
"Higher temperatures and the increasing severity and frequency of extreme events such as storms, droughts and flooding will probably change the quality of living and economic growth prospects of a large number of locations." "A significant danger for many cities is how climate change will multiply weather-related risks," Will Nichols, the firm's head of environment and climate change research, said in the report. The 37-page analysis, released Wednesday by corporate risk management firm Verisk Maplecroft, ranked the world's 576 largest cities on a number of factors, ranging from environmental risks to natural hazards to heat waves. Some 1.5 billion people live in cities facing the biggest environmental challenges, including threats from climate change and pollution, according to a new report.
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