Is climate change a financial crisis in the making?

In the years following the Great Recession, the US government created measures to ensure the big banks know just how exposed they are to financial threats. Now, as global temperatures rise and natural disasters wreak havoc around the country every year, lawmakers want to ensure the financial sector also knows how exposed it is to climate threats.

Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.