Countries Most Affected by Weather Disasters Do Not Spend More on Weather Services (IMAGE)

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Countries Most Affected by Weather Disasters Do Not Spend More on Weather Services

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Map showing countries' Climate Risk Index score in green (a lower score and darker color means higher risk of suffering from extreme weather) and per capita spending on commercial weather and climate information services, or WCIS (a larger orange circle means higher spending). The map suggests a much stronger relationship between wealth or development status of a country and spending on commercial weather and climate information than a link between weather-related risk and spending.

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Lucien Georgeson, kMatrix, Germanwatch, OpenStreetMap contributors

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