Citizens' Climate Lobby

Join CCL’s research and legislative affairs teams to review the budget reconciliation package, what’s in there and what’s not? What does that mean for CCL’s advocacy going forward? Come with your questions!

Reconciliation Actions Training Topic Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/reconciliation-actions 

Questions? Ask in the CCL Community Forums: https://cclusa.org/forums

Want to build your skills for lobbying and climate conversations, particularly those that are difficult or oppositional? In this workshop we will review different states of the human nervous system, and explore how knowledge of these can help us to be better communicators. We will connect this to the skills of “Motivational Interviewing,” which have been shown in numerous studies to facilitate change in healthcare settings. These skills can also lower the temperature in our political conversations, helping us to connect and find common ground with members of Congress and others. Led by John Sabin, CCL Great Lakes Regional Co-coordinator, and Tamara Station, CCL Education & Resilience Coordinator.

CCL Resilience Hub: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/resilience-hub 

Motivational Interviewing Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/123

As negotiations wrap up in Glasgow, hear from Joe Robertson, Citizens’ Climate International Executive Director, and Solemi Hernandez, CCL Southeast Regional Coordinator, for the latest on what happened at COP26 – what are the preliminary results and what does that mean for U.S. domestic and foreign climate policy?

CCI COP 26 Resources:CCI Website - https://www.CitizensClimate.earth   Newsletter - https://www.CitizensClimateIntl.news   Photos - https://ctzn.earth/cop26-album

CCL student leaders and regional fellows Daphne Hulse and Luke Bartol, as well as CCL Student Engagement Manager Steffanie Munguía, share the best practices and tips to start and maintain your campus organization. https://citizensclimatehighered.org/campus-leaders

Sarah Guy, the Director of Strategy and Outreach for Ocean Defense Initiative, and Brad Ack, the Ocean Visions Executive Director, will discuss what climate mitigation strategies exist in our oceans; including ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, and legislation that impacts these projects. Moderated by CCL VP of Government Affairs, Dr. Danny Richter.

 

Website Resources:

https://oceanvisions.org/

https://resourceslegacyfund.org/programs/ocean-defense-initiative/

Agriculture offers the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) and sequester carbon in soil and trees. Jenifer Wightman, Research Specialist at Cornell University will share how can we prioritize mitigation strategies in agriculture to ensure that we are working toward scientifically accountable reductions.

CCL Agriculture Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/968

Dr. Barry Rabe, the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School at the University of Michigan and Dr. Ross Astoria from University of Wisconsin Parkside will discuss the latest policies and initiatives surrounding methane reduction and success stories from some U.S. states, and countries like Norway and Nigeria.

More about Dr. Rabe's research:https://www.brookings.edu/experts/barry-rabe/ https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/barry-rabe

How does CCL make sure everyone has a seat at the table? Listen to some of our CCLers who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) about participating within their chapters and the CCL community.

Diversity & Inclusion at CCL: https://community.citizensclimate.org/diversity-inclusion-at-ccl

CCLers under 18 from Washington and California will share how they have created active and engaged Youth Teams in their chapters. You’ll also hear about the National Youth Action Team’s support and resources from CCL Youth Action Coordinator Sharon Bagatell.

Join at: https://youth.citizensclimatelobby.org/

You called Congress. You emailed. Now what? Quick social media actions that matter.

Ashley Hunt-Martorano, CCL’s Marketing Manager, shares strategic and out-of-the-box actions in using social media to ensure that carbon pricing legislation is passed this year! Platforms discussed will include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and LinkedIn.

https://cclusa.org/socialaction