The future of climate refugees

The World

 Most countries don’t officially recognize “climate refugees.” But David Wallace-Wells, author of “The Uninhabitable Earth,” estimates there are between 10 and 20 million in the world today — and that number will only increase. Host Marco Werman talks to him about how climate change will affect geopolitics.

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