The World Bank through its latest report has warned efforts made to curb greenhouse gas emission can push over 100-million people into poverty by 2030, if no climate-smart developments are made.

The report has been released a few weeks before the United Nations climate conference that has been scheduled to take place in Paris. According to the report, Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, has found that several poor throughout the world are already under high risk due to rising climate like crop failure due to less rainfall, rise in food prices, and increases in occurrence of diseases after heat waves and floods.

It also showed that such climate-related shocks could lead to some irreversible losses that will put a large section of people into poverty. The people that will be affected the most will be the ones in Africa and South Asia.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said, "This report sends a clear message that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically reduce harmful emissions".

Further in explanation he said that climate change has a major impact on the poorest, and now the major challenge before them is to protect this section of the society from falling back into extreme poverty.

According to the report, in the 52 countries where data was available, 85% of the population lives in countries where poor people are more exposed to drought than the average.

The report also clearly shows how ending poverty and fighting climate change can be achieved far more effectively if both of these issues are addressed together.