Climate change crisis: Why extreme weather is reshaping food, water and migration

El Nino-driven weather swings are affecting every corner of the world from Thailand's rice fields to Europe's raging wildfires.

Climate change is straining food systems, displacing families, and testing environmental limits.

CGTN's Sean Callebs spoke with Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Associate Professor at Columbia University's Columbia Climate School, about what's driving these shifts and who's being hit hardest.

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