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And if so, how?

And how are environmental activists responding?

What is the scientific community saying about climate change and the regulation of greenhouse gases today?

And has that changed significantly from what they were saying 20, 30 years ago?

And can you help me get some perspective on how the U.S.

compares with the rest of the world on efforts to fight climate change?

The next UN climate change conference will be in Turkey this November.

Where do we leave off with the last conference, COP 30?

And what's the realistic expectation for this coming one?

Finally, with regards to the legal status of all these climate change-related lawsuits we've discussed today, what keeps you up at night, Michael, and what gives you the most hope?

Michael, thank you again for joining me on the excerpt.

It's good to speak to you.

Thanks to our senior producer, Kaylee Monahan, for production assistance, our executive producers, Laura Beatty.

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Thanks for listening.

I'm Dana Taylor.

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