NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Indonesia, home to more than 200 million
people is ranked third among the world’s nations most affected
by extreme weather events due to climate change. The archipelago
comes after the Philippines and the Democratic Republic of
Korea, where climate change has affected thousands of people,
mostly through flooding, a report says. The report of global
climate risk index, by the German-based environment research
organization Germanwatch and the world’s largest insurance
company Munich Reinsurance, said that the Asia region suffered
far more storms, floods and extreme weather than wealthier
countries, which contributed most to the greenhouse gas
emissions responsible for global warming. “The most effected
countries in 2006 were the Philippines, the Democratic Republic
of Korea and the host of ongoing climate change summit,
Indonesia. “In both the Philippines and Indonesia, there were
almost 1,300 deaths and damages ranging in the billions of
dollars due to storms and floods,” Sven Harmeling, s