• Risk index says climate disasters claimed over 832,000 lives from 1995 to 2024
• Pakistan among top 20 vulnerable countries in long-term index
ISLAMABAD: The Climate Risk Index 2026 has revealed that extreme climate events disproportionally affected the Global South countries, as none of the 10 most affected over the previous 30 years were in the high-income group.
The index, published by the international NGO Germanwatch, ranks countries by the human and economic tol
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