Index for the EU global climate change alliance plus flagship initiative

This report proposes an index to identify those countries most vulnerable to climate change and to rank them according to their eligibility for funding within the context of the EU Global Climate Change Alliance plus Flagship Initiative (GCCA+). The report is organised as follows. Chapter 1 describes the four components (natural hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity) used to classify the selected indicators in accordance with the goals of the GCCA + programme. The final list of the 34 'fit-for-purpose' country-level indicators is proposed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 introduces briefly the methodology applied to calculate the GCCA+ index. The results of ranking the countries by the GCCA+ Index are shown in maps and tables. The index is applied to five different samples of countries. Chapter 4 concludes by proposing the application of the approach of the GCCA+ index to build a web knowledge platform on low-carbon and climate-resilient development within the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).