Overall, there is robust evidence that at the global scale poor and most vulnerable people, particularly in regions classified as highly vulnerable, are disproportionately affected by well-being losses and loss of life in the context of climate change and climate-influenced natural hazards  . In this context, non-economic losses also need to receive more attention . While there is an emerging understanding that inequality and multidimensional poverty are important determinants of systemic vulnerability to climate change  that affects more than 3 billion people today, only very few countries explicitly aim to reduce poverty and income inequality as an adaptation measure  . Reducing vulnerability is a prerequisite for climate justice and just transitions.
IPCC
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
IPCC Report