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Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

From catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles to devastating floods in Asia, it's been a tough year of climate extremes and their economic burdens.

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Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters

Christian Aid annual report’s top 10 disasters amounted to more than $120bn in insured losses

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 climate disasters cost planet $122bn – with one continent hit hardest

Many deaths and full extent of damage in poorer countries go missing from global because they are not insured, report finds

The Independent UK

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How private investors are making billions from countries in debt

IN DEPTH: Exclusive: As an escalating climate crisis and a difficult economic outlook put ever greater pressure on developing countries, new analysis shows how wealthy private investors in the Global North are profiting

The Independent UK

Scottish Government announces £250k in humanitarian aid for Sudan

The Scottish Government has announced a further £250,000 in humanitarian aid for Sudan.

The National (Scotland)

Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya

In the 1950s, Kenyans fought against colonial control in what came to be known as the Mau Mau rebellion. In response, the British government announced a state of emergency in 1952 and engaged in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign to secure control of colonial Kenya.

The Conversation

Starmer urged to attend UN summit and back plans to tackle global debt crisis

Charity leaders want PM to attend FfD4 conference amid claims UK and US among countries blocking reforms

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World’s favourite fruit at risk of being wiped out by climate crisis, study warns

Nearly 60 per cent of banana-growing areas in Latin America and Caribbean could become unsuitable for cultivation by 2080 if urgent action is not taken

The Independent UK

Banana farmers are ‘battling daily’ with climate change, warns report urging leaders not to slip up

Research shows how we can keep enjoying the fruit for generations to come, by cutting emissions, buying Fairtrade, and increasing diversity.

Euronews

Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows

The fourth most important food crop is in peril as the Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from climate disaster

The Guardian - US

The future of bananas is under threat

Christian Aid is urging developed nations to urgently reduce their carbon emissions to stem the growing impacts of climate change

The Independent UK

Bananas under threat as rising temperatures killing crops – report

An analysis found 60% of the most suitable banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean could be lost by 2080.

The Independent UK

Scottish Government delivers cash to 10,000 at risk of starvation in Sudan

BY tomorrow, 10,000 people at risk from starvation will have received emergency cash grants from the Scottish Government via Christian Aid to help…

The National (Scotland)

Voices: Making the world’s most defenceless people pay for UK defence is reprehensible

COMMENT: When countries are reneging on their promises where Britain stands on international development is a critical test of the prime minister’s leadership, writes Christian Aid boss Patrick Watt

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Evening Standard

King Charles hosts humanitarian heroes at Buckingham Palace

The King led the Royal Family in celebrating global humanitarian efforts at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, honouring charities tackling crises worldwide.

Evening Standard

Volunteer, 95, who helped raise almost £2m for humanitarian causes meets King

Nellie Hill, 95, of Newcastle, County Down, opened a shop to raise money for Concern Worldwide in 1992.

The Independent UK

Valentine’s Day chocolate prices are soaring. Here’s why

The traditional romantic gift may become a luxury

Evening Standard

Climate change threatens Valentine’s Day gift of chocolates, charity warns

Erratic weather and rising temperatures in key cocoa-growing countries have pushed up global prices and left farmers with an uncertain future.

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The Independent UK

Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi: Worst climate disasters of 2024 that caused billions in damage

US alone suffered 71 per cent of losses from 10 worst disasters this year

The Guardian - UK

2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows

Analysis of insurance payouts by Christian Aid reveals three-quarters of financial destruction occurred in US

The Independent UK

2024’s top 10 climate disasters cost more than 200 billion dollars, charity says

A Christian Aid report details climate change-linked storms, hurricanes, floods and typhoons which caused the most financial damage this year.

The National (Scotland)

DEC Middle East fundraiser raises more than £2m in Scotland after two weeks

THE amount raised for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Middle East Humanitarian Appeal is now more than £2 million in Scotland since the…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish aid worker gives harrowing experience of devastation in Gaza

A SCOTTISH aid worker has spoken of her harrowing experience of the devastation in Gaza ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government to send aid to drought-hit communities in Africa

The Scottish Government is to provide £350,000 of support to thousands of households in southern Africa at “crisis point” after suffering the…

The Guardian - UK

UK reportedly suspends arms export licence applications for Israel ‘pending review’

Government department denies policy change, saying applications will be considered on ‘case by case basis’

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