Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero

Tuvalu and tropical areas would be among the last places to benefit from cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, new research has found. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people, including those in tropical areas, has been highlighted by new research that finds they will be among the last to feel the benefits if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to net zero.

Temperatures have risen more significantly in tropical areas relative to their historic range than at higher latitudes, including in wealthier countries in Europe and North America.