The World Risk Index is an annual ranking of the disaster risk of all 193 countries recognized by the

UN, assessed based on five metrics: #exposure, #vulnerability, #susceptibility, and lack of coping and

adaptive capacities.

The rapid and unplanned growth of buildings and cities is a key culprit in the increased disaster risk of
our countries. As we live, work, and play inside our buildings, this ranking brings sobering news.

But as the severity and frequency of disasters continue to increase, the good news is that we now have
a tool that allows us to assess, improve, and report on the resilience of our buildings. We hope to work
with you on Building Resilience Index to make our buildings, cities, and countries more resilient to
natural hazards.

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Completely revised World Risk Index 2022 shows: Very high disaster risk for the Americas and Asia,
Germany no longer at low risk

Berlin, September 8, 2022 - The global hot spots of disaster risk from natural hazards are in the
Americas and Asia. This is shown by the World Risk Index 2022, published today by Bündnis
Entwicklung Hilft and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict at Ruhr
University Bochum (IFHV) as part of the World Risk Report 2022. The index, which has been
published annually since 2011, has been completely revised conceptually and methodologically for the
2022 edition. The World Risk Index calculates disaster risk for 193 countries and thus 99 percent of the
world's population; the Philippines, India and Indonesia have the highest risk, followed by Colombia
and Mexico. Germany ranks 101 in the global midfield - and is no longer in the lowest of the five risk
classes as in the past.

"Floods, heat waves and droughts are increasing seriously, and climate change is also having a massive
impact on the assessment of risks. For a country's risk of an extreme natural event turning into a
disaster, natural and climate-related exposure forms the first part of the equation. The second part is
what is known as the vulnerability of society. This vulnerability is the factor of risk that can be directly
influenced," explains Peter Mucke, executive director of Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and project
manager of the World Risk Report 2022 with the focus topic "Digitalization". "Thanks to the
availability of new data, the new World Risk Index draws a more precise and differentiated risk
picture. In this context, digitization provides important foundations for prevention. Digital data and
systems expand the range of what is possible for authorities and relief organizations in the event of a
disaster."

"The World Risk Index now comprises a total of 100 indicators instead of the previous 27. In
particular, the inclusion of indicators on how populations have been affected by disasters and conflicts
in the past five years, as well as on refugees, displaced persons and asylum seekers in the new index -
also against the backdrop of the major global migration movements - results in a significantly more
accurate representation of the realities of life in many countries," explains Daniel Weller from IFHV.
"In addition, the 'exposure' component has been significantly expanded: while earthquakes, hurricanes,
floods, droughts and sea-level rise were taken into account in the previous World Risk Index, tsunamis
are now added, and a distinction is made between coastal and riverine flooding."