Counting the cost 2022: a year of climate breakdown
This new report by Christian Aid shows that floods, cyclones and drought killed and displaced millions of people across the globe in places which have done little to cause the climate crisis.
Study identifies the year's 10 costliest extreme events influenced by the climate crisis - each caused more than $3 billion in damage. Report also examines 10 other extreme events that caused massive human and environmental damage, mostly in the poorest countries. The floods that submerged parts of Pakistan in June displaced 7m people and caused more than $30 billion in estimated damages, with only $5.6 billion covered by insurance. Hurricane Ian which struck the US and Cuba in September cost $100 billion. The summer heatwave and drought which ravaged the UK and Europe racked up $20 billion in losses. Floods, cyclones and drought killed and displaced millions of people across the globe in places which have done little to cause the climate crisis. Christian Aid calling on world leaders to decide how the loss and damage fund agreed at COP27 will be managed and get money flowing into it. A new report by Christian Aid, Counting the cost 2022: a year of climate breakdown identifies 20 of the most destructive climate disasters of the year. 
