This is Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

Throughout the world, hurricanes, drought, and sea level rise are hitting people where they live.

In Africa and the Middle East, people are being driven from their homes by political and economic upheaval,

amplified by the changing climate.

Before the Syrian war,

there's seven years of a draw.

Many people think that also

contribute to the upbrivals

in that nation.

That's artist and human rights activist

Ai Weiwei.

In his new film, Human Flow,

I documents the plight of refugees struggling in a hot

and crowded world. Later, we'll hear about using music to convey emotional urgency around climate

disruption. As an artist, I wanted to try to find ways to use art to make it less abstract.

Art, freedom, and people on the move.

Up next on Climate One.

How can art help us understand the human costs of climate change?

Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists,

Republicans and Democrats, are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton. Music I Wei spent much of his childhood living in political exile with his family in Xinjiang.

When the cultural revolution ended, the family returned to Beijing.

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