Extreme weather has been responsible for an estimated $41bn in damages and 2,500 deaths in just the six months since COP28, Christian Aid has said.

The charity pinpointed four extreme weather events in that time that were all scientifically shown to have been made more likely or more intense by climate change. These included:

– Flooding in south and south-west Asia, which killed at least 214 people and resulted in $850m in insured damages in the UAE alone.

– Simultaneous heat waves in west, south and south-east Asia that killed over 1,500 people in Myanmar, despite the fact that heat deaths are “notoriously under-reported”. The heatwave is expected to slow growth and increase inflation.

– Finally, cyclones in east Africa, which caused flooding that killed 559 people, and was made about twice as likely and also more intense by climate change.

Christian Aid called on rich nations to increase their financial contributions to the Loss and Damage Fund, which is designed to help the developing...