Households in the UK are facing an average bill of £3,000 this year due to the impact of climate change, research by Global Witness has found.
The NGO calculated that rising global temperatures will cause an estimated £1.1tn worth of damage to the UK’s economy over the next decade, amounting to roughly £38,000 over the period. In 2025 alone, it estimates households face a bundle of costs amounting to roughly £3,000.
The UK’s climate damages bill includes the economic costs of flooding, crop losses, sea level rise, droughts, storms, disruption to overseas trade and harmful impacts on public health that result from global heating.
A major direct increase in cost comes from higher food prices caused by inclement climates that lower crop yields. In 2023, the effects of extreme weather alone added an average of £192 to each UK household’s food bill, according to the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit.
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