MONGOLIAN CLIMATE IS WARMER THREE-FOLD

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Germanwatch NGO based in Bonn city has released the Global Climate Risk Index for 2013, according to which Mongolia has been ranked the 12th among 183 countries by climate risk for 1990-2011. It means that Mongolia is in a high risk of being affected by natural disasters and climate changes. Our climate has become warmer by 2.14 Celsius since 1940 against an average, and this is higher three times than that of the global average. Globally, the temperature on surface of the earth got warmer 0.85 Celsius between 1880 and 2012 due to increasing greenhouse gas. The Global Climate Risk Index 2013 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent available data from 2011 as well as for the period 1992-2011 were taken into account. Apart of Mongolia, most affected countries in 2011 were Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, El Salvador and the Philippines. For the period of 1992-2011, Honduras, Myanmar and Nicaragua were the highest. This year's eighth edition of the analysis reconfirms that less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialized ones, according to the Climate Risk Index. With regard to future climate changes, the Climate Risk Index can serve as a warning indicating past vulnerability which may further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe through climate changes. While some vulnerable developing countries are frequently hit by extreme events, there are also some where such disasters are a rarity. COP 18 held in Doha, Qatar, provides a decisive moment and should deliver a turning point by which the international community now starts scaling-up the international response to addressing climate change and its increasing loss and damage. The time window for putting the world on a track to stay below 2 Celsius is closing rapidly, and Doha should insert new dynamics.