This Climate One podcast is sponsored by General Motors.

How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

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.

From the Commonwealth Club of California, this is Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Greg Dalton.

At the Paris Climate Summit last year, more than 190 countries agreed to run their economies on cleaner fuels.

Unlike previous attempts to fight climate disruption, corporate America was on board this time.

Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Disney, Walmart, and other icons of American industry

endorsed the deal and pledged to cut their own carbon pollution.

But the Paris Climate Agreement came under swift political attack in the United States,

and Donald Trump recently

said he would cancel the deal if he is elected president. On the show today, we will probe the health of the Paris climate deal in this strange political season.

Will climate-related issues such as energy, drought, and air quality be a factor in the election. We also will explore new clean energy

technologies who's winning and losing and the transition away from fossil fuels and what average

people can do to help protect the climate that supports our economy. This program is generally

supported by the Energy Foundation and Climate Works Foundation. Joining our live audience at the Commonwealth Club,

we're pleased to welcome a Republican and Democrat

from the front lines of the energy debate.

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