Christian Aid pegs 2025 climate-disaster bill above USD 122 billion

Key facts

• Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and storms cost the world more than USD 120 billion in 2025.
• The single costliest event, California wildfires, caused USD 60 billion in damage and over 400 deaths.
• November cyclones and floods across Southeast Asia inflicted USD 25 billion in damage and killed more than 1,750 people.
• China’s floods led to USD 11.7 billion in damage, displaced thousands and killed at least 30.
• Asia accounted for four of the top six costliest disasters, including flooding in India and Pakistan that killed over 1,860 people and cost up to USD 6 billion.
• Typhoons in the Philippines caused more than USD 5 billion in damage and displaced over 1.4 million people.
• Flooding in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo affected thousands, with potentially up to 700 deaths in Nigeria alone.
• Drought in Brazil, summer wildfires in Spain and Portugal, and February cyclones in Australia and Réunion island all inflicted major losses.
• Record-breaking sea temperatures and coral bleaching in Western Australia were recorded alongside worrying extremes in Antarctica.
• Christian Aid stresses that continued fossil-fuel expansion and political delay are driving these predictable disasters.