Joern Birkmann|Ali Jamshed|Joanna M. McMillan|Daniel Feldmeyer|Edmond Totin|William Solecki|Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim|Debra Roberts|Rachel Bezner Kerr|Hans Poertner|Mark Pelling|Riyanti Djalante|Matthias Garschagen|Walter Leal Filho|Debarati Guha?Sapir|Andrés Alegría
Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning
University of Stuttgart|University of Stuttgart|University of Stuttgart|University of Stuttgart|Université d'Agriculture de Kétou|Hunter College|Universiti Putra Malaysia|eThekwini Municipality|University of KwaZulu-Natal|Center for Global Development|Cornell University|Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung|King's College London|United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|HAW Hamburg|Manchester Metropolitan University|Universität Hamburg|UCLouvain|Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
climate change severe global threat research climate change vulnerability natural hazards made significant progress last decades research devoted improving quality climate information hazard data including exposure specific phenomena flooding sealevel rise less attention given assessment vulnerability embedded social economic historical conditions foster vulnerability societies number global vulnerability assessments based indicators developed past years yet essential question remains validate assessments global scale paper examines different options validate global vulnerability assessments terms internal external validity focusing two global vulnerability indicator systems used worldriskindex inform index paper reviews global index systems best practices time presents new analysis global results show linkages level vulnerability disaster outcomes review new analysis support help communicate validity uncertainty vulnerability assessments next statistical validation methods discuss importance appropriate link indicators data indicandum found mortality per hazard event floods drought storms 15 times higher countries ranked highly vulnerable compared classified low vulnerable findings highlight different starting points countries move towards climate resilient development priority given regions likely face severe climate hazards future also confronted high vulnerability already