Table 2.

Comparative country-level socioeconomic, vulnerability, climate-risk and adaptive capacity status of the surveyed examples. Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2017: average 1996–2015. CRI score, fatalities/100,000 inhabitants, losses per unit GDP. Vulnerability (health, water, food, human habitat sectors, sensitivity to climate-related hazards), and readiness (Read): The lower the values, the lower the risks and impacts.

Countries	Human Development	Climate Risk Index [26] CRI Score	ND-Gain Index to Cope with Climate Change and Climate-Related Hazards [27]
	Human Development Index (HDI), Class, and World Rank [28]		Vulnerability, Sensitivity (Sen) and Readiness (Read). Score and World Rank The Lowest (1st)–The Highest (192nd)
			Vulnerability Life-Supporting Sectors				Sen	Read
	HDI Rank	Score, World Rank	Health	Water	Food	Human Habitat
Australia	0.939, Very High, 2nd	52, 34th	0.02, 1st	0.20, 15th	0.39, 50th	0.31, 32nd	0.24, 22nd	0.75, 16th
Austria	0.893,Very High, 24th	61, 50th	0.02, 3rd	0.49, 111st	0.32, 32nd	0.32, 34th	0.34, 53rd	0.79, 8th
Bolivia	0.674, Medium, 118th	52, 37th	0.42, 132nd	0.51, 126th	0.45, 72nd	0.57, 147th	0.44, 97th	0.34, 144th
Cameroon	0.518, Low, 153rd	134, 146th	0.48, 139th	0.44, 83rd	0.66, 143rd	0.67, 176th	0.30, 34th	0.31, 160th
Ethiopia	0.448, Low, 174th	70, 66th	0.71, 188th	0.47, 97th	0.69, 153rd	0.61, 159th	0.39, 76th	0.33, 146th
Malaysia	0.789, High, 62nd	94, 103rd	0.18, 67th	0.35, 42nd	0.63, 127th	0.39, 71st	0.26, 25th	0.59, 41st
Tanzania	0.531, Low, 151st	103, 116th	0.67, 175th	0.49, 112nd	0.70, 160th	0.59, 153rd	0.44, 99th	0.36, 132nd
Uruguay	0.795, High, 54th	82, 86th	0.14, 55th	0.30, 27th	0.31, 28th	0.54, 137th	0.44, 97th	0.57, 44th