by Maximillian Alvarez | Apr 22, 2026 | Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Podcast, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US
Just decades from now, millions of people all over the world will be forced to move because of climate change. In his new book, Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration, acclaimed journalist and migration researcher Julian Hattem reports from the front lines of the environmental apocalypse, taking readers on a journey from the South Pacific to the Indian subcontinent, to the Mediterranean. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Hattem about his new book and about the massive human displacement that is already being caused by climate change today.
This podcast was recorded on April 4, 2026, at “End Papers: A mini-book fest on capitalism and the climate crisis,”hosted by Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Baltimore, Maryland.
Guests:
Julian Hattem is the editor of Migration Information Source, the online magazine of the Migration Policy Institute, and founder and host of the podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration. He has been on staff with the Associated Press and The Hill, and written for outlets including the Washington Post, The Guardian, NPR, and The Atlantic. The author of Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration (The New Press), he lives in Washington, DC.
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Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich
Transcript
The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Maximillian Alvarez:
Welcome back to The Real News Network. I’m Maximillian Alvarez. Just decades from now, millions of people all over the world will be forced to move because of climate change. Entire islands will disappear into the sea. Once in a century, hurricanes will occur
by Chris Walker | Apr 20, 2026 | Climate Change Denial, Climate Crisis, hail, News, Sarah Godlewski, Storms, Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin
A Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor scoffed at the concerns of a Democratic state lawmaker regarding the climate crisis, following an atypical series of hail and tornado storms that hit the state last week. On Tuesday, April 14, Wisconsin State Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski (D) shared a video of her watching a storm from the front deck of her home. Godlewski…
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by Tristan Baurick | Apr 13, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, LNG, Louisiana, Natural Gas, News, Pollution
When Louisiana launched the country’s liquefied natural gas export boom in 2016, LNG was touted as a cleaner, climate-friendly alternative to coal and oil. But the state’s first LNG terminal, Sabine Pass LNG, quickly became one of Louisiana’s largest sources of climate-warming pollution, releasing more greenhouse gases than the state’s biggest oil refineries. An even larger source is on…
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by Frida Garza | Mar 26, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Iran, News, Persian Gulf, Water, water access
Last week, following attacks on critical energy and water facilities escalating, the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran entered a new stage. “Now the war on infrastructure has started,” said Kaveh Madani, a water researcher at the United Nations University and former deputy vice president of Iran. On March 18, Israel struck the South Pars gas field in Iran, the largest natural gas field in the world.
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by Mike Ludwig | Mar 24, 2026 | AI, aridification, Arizona, Big Oil, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Colorado River, data centers, Drought, Fires, Fossil Fuel Industry, Fossil Fuels, Heat Dome, Heat Wave, Heat Waves, News, Rainfall, southwest, US Southwest, Water
Tucson, Arizona — Deadly heat waves have become the summertime norm in Arizona and much of the Southwest in recent years. But this year, those heat waves are coming months before the height of summer. As an atmospheric “heat dome” planted itself over much of the U.S. West, temperatures outside Phoenix reached 101 degrees on the first day of spring, making Arizona the hottest place on Earth.
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