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LONDON, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

In response to stark new warnings that the world will likely warm by more than

1.5 degrees celsius over the next five years, Henley & Partners

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/) in partnership with Deep Knowledge Analytics

(https://www.dka.global/) today launched the Investment Migration Climate

Resilience Index (https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/investment-migration-climate-resilience-index)

— a unique new analytical tool to assess your own country's climate resilience

and explore investment migration (https://www.henleyglobal.com/countries)

program options that offer a pathway to residence rights or citizenship

acquisition in more climate resilient locations in return for making a

significant investment in the host country's economy.

Using over 900 different data points within 5 parameters, and considering key

factors of vulnerability, readiness to leverage climate investments, and

economic ability to adapt, the innovative new study has produced a Climate

Resilience score for 180 countries and separated them into three resilience

bands: higher resilience (scores of 60 or more out of 100), medium resilience

(scores of 45 to 59.9), and lower resilience (scores of 44.9 or less). The

sobering reality is that the vast majority — 142 countries — fall in the lower

resilience band where citizens are more at risk from extreme environmental

events such as forest fires, hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, and

storms. Infrastructure will be both weaker and more exposed, and the ability to

prepare for and respond to the aftermath of extreme weather events will be

lower.

The Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index (https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/investment-migration-climate-resilience-index)

uniquely combines World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) GDP data (the

average of normalized GDP and GDP per capita for each country) with the

University of Notre Dame's latest Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative

(https://gain.nd.edu/) (ND-GAIN) Country Index

(https://gain.nd.edu/our-work/country-index/), which summarizes countries'

vulnerability to climate change and readiness to convert financial investments

(climate finance) into climate adaptation measures. By adding GDP data to the

mix, Henley & Partners' new Global Climate Resilience Ranking incorporates the

important consideration of a country's economic ability to adapt to climate

change and protect its citizens against the most adverse effects.

Unsurprisingly, the top five countries are all in the northern hemisphere. The

US ranks 1st, with a Climate Resilience score of 70.6, followed by Germany

(70.3), the UK (69.4), Switzerland (68.4), and Canada (68.3) in 5th place by a

narrow margin. Even less surprisingly, Sub-Saharan countries occupy the bottom

five positions with the world's least climate resilient country being Chad, in

136th place, with a score of just 19.1 out of 100.

CEO of Henley & Partners, Dr. Juerg Steffen

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/about/key-people/dr-juerg-steffen), says climate

change concerns are increasingly informing the long-term asset location

strategies of international investors, business owners, and entrepreneurs.

"Climate change is already impacting on all aspects of our lives so by

investing in a more climate resilient country, in addition to residence rights

or a supplementary citizenship, investors gain the right to relocate their

families, their assets, and critical infrastructure to a more resilient place

that will be able to better withstand future climate shocks."

Out of just fifteen countries globally that are classified as higher

resilience, seven host investment migration

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/countries) programs, including the US EB-5

Immigrant Investor Program (https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/united-states), the UK Tier 1

Innovator Visa (https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/united-kingdom), the Swiss

Residence Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/switzerland), which Henley &

Partners designed for non-EU and non-EFTA nationals, Canada's Start-Up Visa

Program (https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/canada), Australia's

Business Innovation and Investment Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/australia), the Luxembourg

Residence by Investment Program (https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/luxembourg) and the Italy

Residence by Investment Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/italy).

There are eight investment migration options in medium resilience countries

including the Singapore Global Investor Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/singapore), Ireland's

Immigrant Investor Program, the Austria Citizenship by Investment

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/citizenship-investment/austria) provisions, the

Spain Residence by Investment Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/spain), the New Zealand

Residence by Investment Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/new-zealand), the UAE's new

residence visa options (https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/04/18/uae-sets-out-major-overhaul-of-visas-and-ends-sponsorship-system/),

the Portugal Golden Residence Permit Program (https://www.henleyglobal.com/residence-investment/portugal) and the  Turkey

Citizenship by Investment Program

(https://www.henleyglobal.com/citizenship-investment/turkey).

Dominic Volek (https://www.henleyglobal.com/about/key-people/dominic-volek),

Group Head of Private Clients at Henley & Partners, says no one should be

planning for the long term without considering the climate change factor. "The

countries and cities that are most resilient will attract global talent and

investors in search of 'climate havens' that have prepared for what lies ahead.

The time has come to actively build future-ready climate resilient portfolios

if you want to lower your risk to the inevitable impact of climate disasters."

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SOURCE: Henley & Partners