2050 Global Climate Change Index
PDC’S MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL
Climate change is the most complex issue of our time. The impacts are being felt globally with particularly acute effects in developing countries and coastal communities. Cruel and relentless droughts, record-breaking tropical cyclones, uncontrollable wildfires, extreme heat and precipitation are becoming the new normal rather than the exception. Data-driven decision making is more crucial now than ever to guide effective decisions and adaptation strategies.
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Climate Hazard Exposure and Ranking (2050): Mexico
Climate Exposure represents the exposure of populations to the adverse impacts of hazards exacerbated by climate change.
Climate Hazard Exposure
Climate Hazard Rankings
Critical Infrastructure Exposure
Other Climate Change Highlights and Data Holdings
PDC’s Global Climate Change Analysis combines the 2050 projections for climate hazard exposure shown above with an analysis of vulnerabilities and coping capacities at the national level as of 2024. These indicators help provide additional insight into potential risks imposed by climate change.
Below are a few samples of indicators used in the analysis as well as other relevant data sets—just a few of the hundreds of indicators used to assess climate risk. Several additional datasets are planned for release on this dashboard in the near future so please check back soon for a more detailed look at our climate change vulnerability and coping capacity analysis. For detailed information about PDC’s 2050 Global Climate Change Analysis, download our fact sheet. For a comprehensive look at all of the indicators and data used in our analysis, see PDC’s 2050 Global Climate Change Analysis Indexes.
Food
Comparison of Food and Crop Production vs Population Change
Water
Integrated Water Resources Management
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) measures the degree to which a country promotes the coordinated development and management of water. For more information, please see https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/SDMXMetadataPage?6.5.1-ER_H2O_IWRMD.
Water Use Efficiency
Water Use Efficiency (WUE) is a measure designed to help substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity. WUE is defined as the value added of a given major sector divided by the volume of water used. For more information, please see https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/SDMXMetadataPage?6.4.1-ER_H2O_WUEYST