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How climate change is creating refugees across the world - CBS News

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How climate change is creating refugees across the world - CBS News

How climate change is creating refugees across the world
Devastating flooding in Brazil has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes for good. Scientists say human-caused climate change will make extreme flooding more likely, and that there will be more climate refugees in the future. Lauren Risi, director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center, joins CBS News to discuss.

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