Global Warming, a Warmer World?

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Of coursen. I also ember thinking at first, a, ok, global warming, a slightly warmer world, how bad can that be? The effects are so much more complicated and so much more dire than just a higher reading on the thermometer. Yes, in some places, the worst droughts in hundreds of years,. with devastating effects on farms and ranches and water supplies. Once in a century, hurricane's now happening every year.

Earth’s changing climate is already displacing millions of people, worsening tension and conflict, and sometimes violence – for example, between farmers and traditional nomadic herders in Nigeria. Part 6 of The Repair, our series on the climate emergency.

Reported by Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo, with reporting and production assistance from Nchetachi Chukwuaja and Tim Cuttings Agber. The series story editor is Cheryl Devall. Mix by John Biewen.

Music in this episode by Lili Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, Alex Weston, Fabian Almazan, and Maetar. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.