Bangladesh capital has topped a list of cities facing the
highest climate change risks in the coming years. Kolkata came
seventh, Mumbai eighth while Delhi was in the 20th position. The
ranking of 50 cities was done by Maplecroft, a British firm
specialising in risk analysis. The cities were chosen for their
current and future importance in global business.Maplecroft’s
Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) classified seven
cities as facing “extreme risk”. Manila was ranked second, while
Bangkok, Yangon, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City came third,
fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. The report looked at
exposure to extreme weather such as droughts, cyclones,
wildfires and storms, which translate into water stress, loss of
crops and land lost to the sea. Chicago, London, St. Petersburg,
Paris and Madrid are the only five cities classified as “low
risk”.IANS