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Gavin Newsom: “Climate risk is financial risk. I'm in the front lines of…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Why Gavin Newsom refuses to be a "bystander" in this political moment

Published | Video Starts at 25:48

We're on the tip of the spear as it relates to droughts and floods and wildfires and the ravages of climate change, which are real, that are becoming increasingly uninsurable. Climate risk is financial risk. I'm in the front lines of those debates, but also the strategies to solve that. So what can Democrats learn from you? Because you've had to grapple with all these multifaceted challenges in governing California. Yeah, trial and error. 27. You know, California said 27% foreign born. (25:48–25:56)

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Asserts that climate risk equates to financial risk and that he is involved in debates and strategies to address it.

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