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Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration

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Julian Hattem presents "Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration" in conversation w/Maximillian Alvarez. An urgent wake-up call about the coming large-scale human displacement caused by climate change, from one of the world’s leading experts. In Shelter from the Storm noted journalist and migration researcher Julian Hattem tells the story of the massive human displacement that is already being caused by climate change. With hard-hitting journalism from the front lines of the environmental apocalypse, Hattem takes the reader on a journey from the South Pacific to the Indian subcontinent, the Mediterranean, and beyond, offering a shocking glimpse into the human geography wrecked by a warming planet. Shelter from the Storm also provides rich historical perspective on how climate has impacted migration and a primer on cutting-edge climatological research, creating a multidimensional portrait of this uncertain new age. A work of profound expertise and storytelling, Shelter from the Storm gives a human face to the millions of climate migrants who are leaving their homes—and the millions more who will follow.

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