Methodology
To find the 27 countries that face catastrophic ecological threat, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the global think tank Institute for Economics & Peace report Ecological Threat Report 2022. The report identified 27 hotspot countries that face catastrophic ecological threats, while also having the lowest levels of societal resilience. Countries are ordered by the number of catastrophic ecological threats in reverse alphabetical order.
The report, which covers 163 countries, was developed to identify countries at the highest risk of ecological threats, including water and food risk, population growth, and disasters from natural events. These threats are combined with levels of resilience: ongoing domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, and militarization.
From another Economics & Peace report, the Global Peace Index 2022, we added each country’s GPI, which is on a scale of 1-5, whereas 5 is least peaceful. From the World Bank, we added gross domestic product per capita in current U.S. dollars. From the United Nations we added both the Human Development Index of each country. The HDI uses health, education, and economic measures to assess a country’s development. We also used the U.N.’s World Population Prospect 2022 to list the 2021 and projected 2050 population of each country.
Full citation: Institute for Economics & Peace. Ecological Threat Report 2022: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience & Peace, Sydney, October 2022. Available from: http://visionofhumanity.org/resources (accessed 15 Nov. 2022).
