Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report reveals 80% of the world's poor exposed to climate hazards

Published on October 17, 2025

A new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford has demonstrated that nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are also directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution. 
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