Over the past few years, our two states have endured the kind of climate devastation that was once the stuff of myths: fires that reduced entire neighborhoods in California to ash and floods that swallowed communities in the Amazon whole. And yet, amid so much devastation, we have witnessed the extraordinary depth of our people’s resilience. From California to the Amazon, state and local governments are proving that when national politics stall on climate issues, we're ready to step up. At