Best Countries: #9 (tie) Germany

An index developed at the University of Notre Dame is giving us a glimpse of what countries are the best and worst to live in based on their ability to cope with the impacts of climate change.

The map above shows how all of the countries around the world ranked on the ND-GAIN index.

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The rankings come from the so-called , which is based on the vulnerability and readiness of each country to adapt to climate change's impacts.

Vulnerability to climate change is based on six factors: food, water, health, ecosystem service, human habitat and infrastructure. The readiness index is made up of three components:economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness.

A formula is then used to come up with the overall rating for each country around the world on a scale of 0 to 100.

The slideshow above shows the 10 best countries to live in according to theND-GAIN Index. All but one of the top five best countries are located in Europe. The United States ranked eighth.

Of the top 10 worst countries, eight are located in Africa. The slideshow below shows the countries with the lowest ND-GAIN Index rankings.

To see the full interactive ND-GAIN map, .

Worst Countries: #169 Guinea-Bissau