Health in extreme weather events Extreme weather events in 2024, combined with delays in adaptation, caused at least 16,000 deaths and impacted at least 166 million people, the report says.
It is estimated that these events led to the displacement of more than 800,000 people.
Research cited in the report found that anthropogenic climate change increased the intensity or probability of occurrence of at least 26 of the most impactful extreme weather events in 2024.
These impacts jointly account for more than 3,700 deaths. A recordbreaking 61 % of global land area was affected by extreme drought in 2024, 299 % above the average in the 1950s.
MORE THAN
US $ 1tn
in global potential income losses due to heat exposure
US $ 304bn
in losses from weather-related extreme events in 2024
154,000
deaths from wildfire smoke air pollution in 2024