The U.N.’s dire climate change study

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Residents watch as the 18,137 acre Holy Fire burns around them for the fourth day in Lake Elsinore, California in the early morning on August 10, 2018. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Residents watch as the 18,137 acre Holy Fire burns around them for the fourth day in Lake Elsinore, California in the early morning on August 10, 2018. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Guest: Ben Strauss

The new U.N. climate report that paints an urgent and dire picture of the Earth’s future if extreme measures are not taken to stop and reverse the effects of climate change. BEN STRAUSS, CEO and chief scientist at Climate Central joins us with his thoughts.

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