Global Climate Change Vulnerability Index Maps for 100 Countries, 2005-2100

100 countries are assessed for climate change vulnerability across three time points: 2005, 2050, and 2100. The data consists of maps and a vulnerability index based on the Vulnerability-Resilience Indicator Model (VRIM), which separates sensitivity and adaptive capacity components. It was produced in collaboration with Wesleyan University, the Joint Global Change Research Institute, the University of Illinois, and Columbia University's CIESIN.

Use Cases

• Modeling national-level climate vulnerability trajectories based on the VRIM framework.
• Comparing sensitivity and adaptive capacity components across 100 countries.
• Visualizing projected changes in climate vulnerability from 2005 to 2100 using the provided maps.

Strengths

• Covers 100 countries, providing a broad geographic scope.
• Includes three distinct future time points (2005, 2050, 2100) for temporal analysis.
• Based on a defined model (VRIM) that separates sensitivity and adaptive capacity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2100-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

ESDIS, in collaboration with Wesleyan University, Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Illinois, and Columbia University CIESIN.

Collection Method

Produced using the Vulnerability-Resilience Indicator Model (VRIM).

Time Range

2005, 2050, and 2100.

Freshness

Last updated date is 2100-01-01 00:00:00.

Geography

Global, covering 100 countries.