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Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.

It's our future. It's time to come together.

I'm Greg Dalton, host of Climate One from the Commonwealth Club, and our guest today

is Hank Paulson, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

He's the author of a new book, Dealing with China, an insider unmasked the new economic

superpower.

As China's economic reforms started gaining speed in the 1990s, Hank Paulson made dozens of trips to the

Middle Kingdom of CEO of Goldman Sachs. China's media in those days often derided capitalist

as running dogs, but the country's top leaders are pragmatists, and they often welcomed

him into the inner compound where they run the country. He managed to establish trust and

relationships that

carried forward until he became President Bush's Treasury Secretary and led U.S. policy toward China.

Over the next hour, we will talk about China's economic prowess and its political and environmental

challenges. We will also talk about what the U.S. and China can do to reduce the economic risks of human-made climate disruption.

We will include questions from our live audience here at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Hank Paulson is a businessman, China expert, conservationist, and author.

He's a founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute and the Risky Business Project with Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg.

He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009.

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