Nepal, Oct. 28 -- The world's richest 0.1 percent of people generate more carbon emissions than the poorest 3.5 billion combined, while climate-related disasters kill disproportionately more people in countries with greater economic inequality, according to a new report released by Oxfam on Tuesday.

The report, titled Disaster Divide: How Climate Chaos Deepens Inequality and Enriches the Few, warns that the climate crisis is widening the gap between the rich and the poor, with wealthy individuals and corporations contributing disproportionately to global warming while often profiting from the disasters it fuels.

The report estimates that the richest 0.1 percent of the global population-around eight million people-produce 44 percent more...