Climate-fuelled disasters bring 'grave' costs across the globe in 2021
Climate-fuelled disasters bring 'grave' costs across the globe in 2021
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Climate-fuelled disasters bring 'grave' costs across the globe in 2021
Christian Aid highlighted 15 of the worst extreme events around the world this year, including 10 disasters which each cost £1.1 billion or more.
Floods and storms connected to rising temperatures have had a huge impact on people worldwide.
Climate change-fuelled disasters have cost the world tens of billions of dollars in 2021, with both the poor and the rich hit hard, researchers says.
The rankings, just released by U.K.-based charity Christian Aid, map out 10 extreme events caused by climate change this year that caused $1.5 billion damage or more.