Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- Nearly 900 million of the world's poorest people are directly exposed to climate shocks such as floods, droughts, and extreme heat, the United Nations warned in a new report on Friday. The findings highlight that global warming is deepening poverty and inequality, leaving vulnerable populations to bear a "double and deeply unequal burden" of environmental and economic challenges.

The report, released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, revealed that 1.1 billion people across 109 countries live in what it calls "acute multidimensional poverty." This measure includes deprivations in health, education, housing, electricity, and access to clean water...