SADC Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Indices (1990-2024)

Indices for climate change and environmental degradation were constructed for Southern African Development Community countries using World Bank indicator data from 1990 to 2024. The dataset was created by Olanrewaju Adewole Adediran and contains statistical analysis results from pooled OLS and fixed-effects panel models. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between the constructed climate change index and the environmental degradation index across SADC countries.
• Model the impact of trade openness on environmental degradation using panel regression results.
• Assess regional vulnerability by examining the 30% of the SADC region exposed to climate hazards as indicated in the study.
• Investigate the potential effect of greenhouse gas emissions on crop productivity, specifically for cereals, based on the study's findings.

Strengths

• Data spans a 35-year time range from 1990 to 2024.
• Analysis employs multiple econometric estimators (DKSE, PCSE) to control for cross-sectional dependence.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, suggesting it contains summary statistics or model results rather than raw observational data.
• Specific source columns, row counts, and the raw data underlying the indices are not provided.

Provenance

Source

World Bank indicators.

Collection Method

Principal component analysis used to construct indices; analysis used pooled OLS, fixed-effects, DKSE, and PCSE estimators.

Time Range

1990 to 2024

Freshness

Data covers up to 2024 and the record was last updated in 2026.

Geography

Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.