TEXAS: Images of glaciers disintegrating or a solitary polar bear swimming in the Arctic are no doubt evocative, but when it comes to discussing climate change with their local constituencies, for Texas mayors it’s about dollars and cents.

That was one of the main takeaways from a panel discussion on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the Texas Tribune Festival on how cities affect and cope with climate change. The speakers were Austin Mayor Steve Adler, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, all Democrats or, in Nirenberg’s case, a non-partisan progressive.

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