Correlation macroeconomic, government efficiency, infrastructure, and climate change vulnerability: a cross-country analysis

Abstract

The government is required to take proactive steps to participate in interventions that strengthen resilience in response to climate change as SDG 13: Climate Action. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the correlation of government performance, in the form of macroeconomic performance, efficiency, and infrastructure availability with vulnerability to climate change. Data were analyzed from 2021 to 2022 for 57 countries and the variables used were macroeconomic performance, government efficiency, infrastructure, and vulnerability. Furthermore, vulnerability variable has three dimensions, namely susceptibility, lack of coping capacities, and lack of adaptive capacities. The data used in this study were sourced from reputable references, such as World Competitiveness Yearbook and World Risk Report. For data analysis, correlation and comparison tests were judiciously applied. The results showed that macroeconomic performance, government efficiency, and infrastructure were negatively correlated with vulnerability. Macroeconomic performance and government efficiency variables had the strongest moderate correlation with climate change vulnerability, while infrastructure had a moderate to strong correlation. The results recommended a policy of providing infrastructure in vulnerable areas since economic performance could not guarantee resilience to climate change.