Haiti

Population: 8,553,401
GDP: $11.5 billion (2008 est.)
Total Area: 27,750 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: 0.21
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: .0061%

“Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan are the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change according to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), released today by global risks consultancy, Maplecroft.” “[D]eclining water quality and the rising risk of food and energy insecurity all contribute to [Haiti’s] very poor rating”
--"Climate Change Risk List Reveals Most Vulnerable Nations", Maplecroft, February 9, 2009

“Food security suffered a further setback in the destruction of crops and stores by the tragic series of hurricanes that struck Haiti within the space of 3 weeks in the 2008 season. The UN’s emergency appeal for $127 million described the storms as the worst catastrophe in the country’s modern history. 800 people were killed and 100,000 homes destroyed or damaged.

Whether or not this particular extreme weather event can be attributed to climate change, the outlook for Haiti is grim. Prediction of future Caribbean storm patterns is proving difficult, but any shift in intensity, frequency or rainfall volume injects an alarming new dimension to the damaging feedback loops between environmental degradation and poverty. Many poor Haitians still rely on wood and charcoal for domestic activities which sets off a chain of deforestation, desertification, soil erosion and crop failure. Widespread deforestation has affected 98% of Haiti's forests, leaving exposed hillsides at the mercy of the hurricanes. Images of the ruin of the city of Gonaives, half buried by mudslides, defined the 2008 devastation.”
--“Climate Change in Haiti”, OneWorld-UK, February 2009