Oxfam: Flood-related deaths worldwide reach highest level since 2013

In the written statement made by Oxfam, it was pointed out that extreme weather events caused by climate change are causing increasingly severe consequences around the world, and it was stated that the societies that contributed the least to the climate crisis are most affected by the consequences of this crisis.

In the statement, it was stated that, according to the organization's analysis, at least 8 thousand people lost their lives due to floods this year and flood-related deaths reached the highest level since 2013.

In the statement, it was noted that approximately three-quarters of the deaths occurred in Nepal, which experienced a record loss of life due to flash floods, and underlined that flood-related deaths are 7 times higher in countries with higher inequality.

Call to the UK government

The statement also called on the British government to take steps to ensure that those who caused the climate crisis bear financial responsibility, and demanded the imposition of a permanent and high-rate excess profit tax on oil and natural gas companies after the end of the current Energy Profits Tax, the implementation of wealth taxes, and the increased taxation of luxury consumption vehicles that cause high carbon emissions, such as private jets.

In the statement, it was pointed out that the UK should increase its international climate finance commitments, and a call was made to prioritize grant-based financing instead of loans that aggravate the debt burden of countries, and to allocate 50 percent of climate finance to climate change adaptation efforts.

In the statement, it was requested to support the fair green transformation, which aims to reduce inequalities, and to prevent companies from profiting from the crisis in emergency response, reconstruction and food systems during climate disasters.

"Societies that contribute the least to the climate crisis suffer the most severe consequences of the crisis."

In the statement, it was stated that monthly temperature records were broken in 106 countries between January and September 2026. It was stated that the carbon emissions of a person in the richest 1 percent of the world and their contribution to extreme heat waves were 34 times more than the average person and 100 times more than a person in the poorest 50 percent.

Oxfam Impact Creation Director Jean McLean, whose evaluations were included in the statement, emphasized that the societies that contributed the least to the climate crisis are suffering the most severe consequences of this crisis, while those who caused the crisis have the most opportunities to protect themselves.

"Wealthy individuals, companies and countries most responsible for the crisis should shoulder the greatest cost of adaptation and recovery, including climate finance for those who have contributed least to the climate crisis but are most exposed to its impacts," McLean said. he said.

Pointing out that the super-rich gained two-way benefits from the crisis, McLean stated that, on the one hand, this segment continues to invest in sectors that pollute the environment, and on the other hand, they gain profits by investing in the growing sector aimed at adapting to the effects of climate change.

McLean noted that recovery and reconstruction services are also being resold to the world struggling with the effects of global warming.