How India Slips 5 Places On Global Peace Index

This year, India fell five places in an annual worldwide index of peacefulness, placing 141st out of 163 countries, while Iceland stayed at the top. The Global Peace Index uses 23 factors to assess current internal and international conflict, societal safety and security, and the degree of militarization in 163 nations and territories.

Nine Countries with the Highest Risk Of Multiple Climate Hazards

Climate risk is a term that indicates a country’s sensitivity to the direct repercussions of catastrophic weather events, such as mortality and economic losses, and is monitored annually by the German watch observatory through the Global Climate Risk Index. 

JAPAN IS THE FIRST (5.5 on the Climate Risk Index)

Heavy rains, heatwaves, the Osaka earthquake, and the Jebi typhoon battered Japan in 2018, making it the world’s most climate-vulnerable country

PHILIPPINES (Climate Risk Index: 11.17)

The passage of Typhoon Mangkhut across the Philippines in 2018 impacted over 250,000 people across the nation and resulted in at least 59 deaths due to excessive rains. According to Germanwatch, extreme weather occurrences in the country resulted in 455 fatalities in that year — 0.43 per 100,000 

GERMANY is number three (Climate Risk Index: 13.83)

Due to the heatwave experienced in 2018, the warmest year in its history, Germany is ranked third among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, with damages to the agriculture sector totalling more than 3,500 million euros.

MADAGASCAR is number four on the list (Climate Risk Index: 15.83)

The fate of the lemur and other indigenous animal species on the island is threatened by global warming and climate change. Weather-related disasters have also rendered the African country one of the most vulnerable to climate change, with 72 deaths (0.27 per 100,000 people

INDIA (number 5) (18.17 on the Climate Risk Index)

Extreme heat, floods, and sandstorms, among other natural disasters, have wreaked havoc on the Indian subcontinent. In 2018, it resulted in almost 2,000 fatalities (0.16 per 100,000 people), losses of 37,807 million dollars, and a 0.36 per cent drop in per capita GDP.

SRI LANKA is number six on the list. (The Climate Risk Index is now at 19)

Future climate migrations may cause this little country in the Gulf of Bengal to lose a significant portion of its inhabitants. 

Kenya is number seven on the list (Climate Risk Index: 19.67)

Due to the droughts of 2018, which left more than a million people on the verge of hunger months later, this African country has become one of the most vulnerable to climate change. In Kenya, the harsh environment of that year claimed the lives of 113 individuals or 0.24 per 100,000 people.

Report on South Asia

The World Bank’s twice-yearly regional report predicts that growth in South Asia, which is already unequal and weak, would be slower than originally forecasted due to the Ukraine crisis and ongoing economic issues.

The current South Asia Economic Focus Reshaping Norms: A New Way Forward estimates that the area would expand by 6.6 per cent in 2022 and 6.3 per cent in 2023. Compared to the January prediction, the 2022 forecast has been reduced by a 1.0 percentage point.

Rising commodity prices, supply constraints, and banking sector weaknesses are already causing problems for countries in South Asia. The conflict in Ukraine will exacerbate these issues, resulting in higher inflation, larger budget deficits, and worsening current account balances.

Despite the fact that GDP growth has been stable during the recovery, all nations in the area will confront problems in the future. Household consumption in India will be restrained by the labour market’s incomplete recovery and inflationary pressures. 

Global Peace Index (GPI)

The Global Peace Index (GPI) is a study published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) that assesses the peacefulness of nations and areas throughout the world. The GPI assigns a score to 172 sovereign nations and territories (representing 99.7% of the world’s population) based on their peacefulness. The GPI has shown greater worldwide violence and less tranquilly over the last decade.

The GPI was created in collaboration with an international panel of peace specialists from peace institutions and think tanks, using data compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit

The following are the key conclusions of the 2017 Global Peace Index:

Due to advances in six of the nine geographical regions represented, the total score for the 2017 GPI improved somewhat this year. More nations improved than declined in terms of peacefulness: 93 to 68.

Peace-building operations may be extremely cost-effective, with savings of up to 16 times the intervention’s cost.

In 2016, the worldwide economic burden of violence was $14.3 trillion PPP, or $1,953 per person, comparable to 12.6% of global GDP.

The most significant variables in low-peace contexts are well-functioning government, low levels of corruption, acceptance of others’ rights, and good relations with neighbours.

Conclusion:

On the Global Peace Index 2019, India dropped five places to 141st out of 163 nations, while Iceland rated first, a position it has held since 2008. The Institute for Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank, rates nations based on societal safety and security, the intensity of continuing domestic and international conflict, and militarization. This year, India dropped five places to 141st out of 163 countries in a global peace rating, while Iceland remained at the top. The Global Peace Index assesses current domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, and militarization in 163 countries and territories using 23 parameters.