NEW YORK CITY – California is bringing a simple message to Climate Week NYC: Climate action means protecting people where they live. In California, that means reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire. It means making forests healthier. It means giving firefighters more time and better tools to protect homes and communities. Governor Gavin Newsom today highlighted a new report on California’s work to reduce pollution and the risk of catastrophic wildfire while protecting California communities and lands. Over five years, California trained hundreds of firefighting personnel, prepared thousands of acres to resist wildfire and prevented smoke and millions of metric tons of carbon from entering the air. The work is helping reduce dangerous fuels, protecting watersheds and wildlife habitat, and preparing communities before the next fire starts.