US EditionNearly 900 mn poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns
Nearly 79% of poor people face at least one climate hazard, with 651 million exposed to multiple risks, deepening poverty’s impact according to the UN Development Programme.
- Nearly 80% of the world's poor, or 887 million people, live in regions exposed to extreme heat, flooding, and other climate hazards.
- South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa have the largest numbers of poor people living in regions affected by climate hazards, with 380 million and 344 million respectively.
- The report reveals that countries with higher current levels of multidimensional poverty are expected to experience the greatest temperature increases by the end of the century.
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UN: 900M Poor Highly Vulnerable to Climate Shocks and Extreme Weather
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United Nations warned Friday.“No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution, but it’s the poorest among us who are facing the harshest i…
According to the UN, almost 80 percent of the world's poorest people are directly exposed to the risks posed by climate change, including heat, air pollution or floods. Researchers warn of a downward spiral.
The index indicates that, last year, 1.1 billion people lived in multidimensional poverty. Among this total, "309 million faced three or four climate risks at the same time".
Almost 80 percent of the world's poorest people are particularly vulnerable to climate change, as a recent study by the United Nations shows.
COP30 in Brazil in November "must be an opportunity for world leaders to see climate action as an action against poverty," says the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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