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Commentary: Climate change is worsening the world’s refugee crisis. Here’s one way leaders can help

A Bangladeshi migrant worker washes dishes using groundwater on Dec. 17, 2019, in Mahibadoo, Maldives.

Refugees bring very little across borders, but they cling to their stories. These days they mostly want to talk about the weather.

The refugees I work with often say the same thing: It got hot. Then hotter. Then the jobs dried up and eventually the food did too. Add in political, racial or religious tensions, or a natural disaster that was the final

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