{"id":739,"date":"2026-01-06T06:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:58:20","slug":"myanmar-and-climate-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar and Climate Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Myanmar consistently ranks high in climate risk, often within the top countries affected by extreme weather, placing 2nd for 2000-2019 in the Global Climate Risk Index (CRI 2021) and highlighted in the CRI 2026 as among the most affected from 1995-2024, largely due to devastating events like Cyclone Nargis. Its position reflects high exposure to floods, cyclones, and droughts, with high vulnerability but low readiness for climate impacts, making it a priority for climate action.<br><br><strong>Key Rankings &amp; Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CRI 2026 (1995-2024): Myanmar is listed as one of the countries most impacted by extreme weather events, alongside Dominica and Honduras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CRI 2021 (2000-2019): Ranked 2nd globally for impacts from weather-related loss events, after Puerto Rico.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prior Years: It was also ranked highly in earlier indices (e.g., 9th in 2000-2019), with Cyclone Nargis in 2008 being a major factor in its high ranking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Myanmar is High-Risk:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vulnerability: High exposure to hydrometeorological hazards like floods, landslides, cyclones, and droughts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High Impact: Events like Cyclone Nargis caused immense loss of life and economic damage, significantly impacting its long-term index scores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low Readiness: Despite high need, Myanmar scores low on readiness to adapt, placing it in a critical position for support and investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In essence, Myanmar faces severe climate risks, as reflected in its ranking, and has experienced past extreme events and ongoing vulnerability to recurring natural hazards.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23myanmar&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#Myanmar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23climaterisk&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#climaterisk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23climateriskindex&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#climateriskindex<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23systemthinking&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#SystemThinking<\/a><br><br>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gugWZix8\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gugWZix8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Myanmar consistently ranks high in climate risk, often within the top countries affected by extreme weather, placing 2nd for 2000-2019 in the Global Climate Risk Index (CRI 2021) and highlighted in the CRI 2026 as <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/?p=739\" title=\"Myanmar and Climate Risk\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,216],"tags":[224,225,11,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-myanmar","8":"category-resources","9":"tag-climate-risk","10":"tag-climate-risk-index","11":"tag-myanmar","12":"tag-system-thinking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naylinoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}