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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.

From the Commonwealth's Club of California, this is Climate One, changing the conversation

about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Greg Dalton, and today we'll hear from young advocates clamoring for a faster transition to cleaner energy.

Students in many grade in high schools learn the basics of how burning fossil fuels is driving rising temperatures and rising seas.

Now some students are taking that knowledge

into the streets and into the courts,

not content to wait until they're running companies

or other organizations in a decade or two.

They're pressing for more action now

to protect their future and ours.

Joining our live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco,

we're pleased to have with us three leaders. James Coleman is a senior at South San Francisco

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