"Nearly 900 Million Poor People Face Climate Shocks, Says UN" [1]
"More than 300 million people live in regions where three or four climate hazards overlap."
"Nearly 900 million people are simultaneously exposed to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme heat and flooding to drought and toxic air pollution, according to a new United Nations report.
The 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, produced by the UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Initiative (OPHI) ahead of next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, paints a stark picture of how climate change and poverty are increasingly intertwined.
For the first time, researchers have overlaid global climate hazard data with multidimensional poverty indicators, revealing that poverty is not just an economic issue but one “deeply interlinked with planetary pressures and instability.”"