CALLING IT THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW YANG UNVEILED HIS PLAN TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE TODAY IN PORTSMOUTH.

YANG SAYS WE NEED TO CHANGE WHAT TOO MANY PEOPLE SEE AS A TUG OF WAR APPROACH TO THIS PRESSING ISSUE.

>> THE TUG OF WAR IS ON ONE SIDE , YOU HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOBS, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE THE SAME THING.

WE CAN GROW OUR ECONOMY.

WE CAN CREATE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS.

ANDY: YANG'S FIVE PART PLAN INCLUDES INVESTING MORE IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY HERE IN AMERICA.

HE SAYS HE'D LIKE TO CREATE INCENTIVES TO BUILD MORE CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC CARS AND WOULD LIKE ALL NEW VEHICLES TO BE EMISSIONS FREE BY 2030.

YANG ALSO WANTS TO START HEALING THE ENVIRONMENT, THINGS AS SIMPLE AS PLANTING TREES.

BUT HE ALSO SAYS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE UNITED STATES TAKES A GLOBAL LEAD TO CONVINCE ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW

>> AMERICA HAS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THESE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SAY INSTEAD OF THAT COAL BURNING POWER PLANT, HOW ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY.

HOW ABOUT WIND.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET THERE.

ANDY: YANG ADMITS HIS PLAN IS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, BUT HE WANTS TO PRESS THE ISSUE FURTHER.

ISABELLA MUTCH OF PORTSMOUTH SAYS THIS IS A TOP ISSUE FOR HER.

>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE FOR EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT, PROBABLY CLOSER IN THE FUTURE THAN WE EXPECT.

ANDY: YANG ALSO TALKED CLIMATE CHANGE TODAY WITH SEACOAST FISHERMEN AND ENDED HIS DAY WITH A TOWN HALL MEETING IN K