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I'm Adrian Ma.

And I'm Darym Woods.

And as we speak world leaders and tens of thousands of negotiators are ironing their

shirts and their blouses, they're rehearsing their speeches for the climate talks that start

in Glasgow this Sunday.

This is clearly one of those meetings that couldn't be an email.

That is probably true.

This is where the world comes together to refresh their commitments to reduce carbon emissions

and try to avoid catastrophic climate change.

And here in the US, one unexpected agency is facing a lot of pressure to roll up its

sleeves and help out with climate change, the Federal Reserve.

It's like the student treasurer being asked to fill in for the injured quarterback.

Yeah, exactly.

And one of those people yelling at the Fed to get in the game is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

She and a few other lawmakers, they released a statement saying, Jerome Powell, the Fed

chair, wasn't being the climate change leader they needed.

And that he shouldn't be reappointed.

Ashwards, but there's also peer pressure.

Central banks are on the world as seriously taking climate change into account.

And the question is, will the Fed in the US also take bold climate action?

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