The Heat: Climate Change | El Niño warning

The UN is raising awareness as 2026 could become the hottest year on record. Conflicts, high food and fuel prices, and extreme weather events have only exacerbated the ongoing climate crisis.

With the UN sounding the alarm, what regions are being impacted the most? And, what can we all do collectively to mitigate the worst from happening? #Heat #climatechange #recordheat #temperatures #elnino #weather

Lisa Sachs is the director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and an associate professor at the Columbia Climate School. Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is an Africa Security and Policy analyst. Chidanand Rajghatta is a foreign editor and the US Bureau chief for the Times of India.

00:00 - Intro: World Environment Day & El Niño 00:56 - Global impacts of El Niño 02:16 - US climate policy & decarbonization 06:07 - UN emissions advisory & finance barriers 10:06 - Impact of US environmental rollbacks 11:34 - Climate change & displacement in Africa 12:12 - Somalia's famine risk & aid gaps 17:04 - DRC health crises under climate strain 19:59 - COP31 expectations & climate justice 21:42 - India's extreme heat crisis 23:39 - India's green goal & climate response 26:07 - Middle East conflict & India's energy strategy

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