Country risk and governance profiles

Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters.

Understanding disaster risk is crucial for effectively preventing disasters. This page provides comprehensive and up-to-date risk profiles for countries around the world. The profiles offer in-depth information on risk for each country; they help identify and prioritize risk, guiding risk management.

Access detailed reports on each country's vulnerability, exposure, and resilience to various hazard types, explore informative maps that visualize disaster risks, and understand key indicators and metrics used to assess disaster risk.

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Heat Morbidity and Mortality in Wales: A literature review of UK and International evidence to guide surveillance thumbnail
Documents and publications

This literature review identifies strong associations between various heat exposures - heatwaves, moderate heat, hot nights (diurnal temperature variation), and cumulative heat, and increased morbidity and mortality.

National Health Service (NHS)
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The Botswana Country Climate and Development Report identifies water scarcity, persistent droughts, rising temperatures, and more frequent floods as key threats to the country’s sustainable development.

World Bank, the
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Documents and publications

The Georgia Country Climate and Development Report highlights the country’s mounting exposure to a complex mix of natural and climate-related hazards

World Bank, the
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This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) on the Kyrgyz Republic aims to support the country’s development goals amid a changing climate.

World Bank, the
Climate CH2025: Switzerland's future climate thumbnail
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Climate CH2025 provides the most up-to-date assessment of past and future climate change in Switzerland. It incorporates longer observational records, improved process understanding, and data from new high-resolution, convection-permitting models.

Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss)
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The Philippine Climate Change Assessment (2024) is a review and update of scientific research on climate change done in the Philippines.

Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc.
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The State of the Philippine Climate (SPC) is an annual report that summarizes observations of the country’s climate and climate-related disasters.

Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc.
Disaster risk financing state of play: Opportunities for harmonizing coordination system in the Philippines thumbnail
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This study examines the state of Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) in the Philippines—mapping legal and financial instruments, highlighting policy gaps, and assessing coordination across stakeholders.

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