Episodes
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
Aaron Cosbey | Citizens‘ Climate Lobby | September 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
Border carbon adjustments, a mechanism to shield businesses in nations with robust climate ambition, have been a hot topic recently. The European Union has announced it will impose such taxes starting in 2023, and Senate Democrats in the U.S. have included it in the budget reconciliation resolution. To learn more, we turn to Aaron Cosbey with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Aaron is an economist with 30 years of experience in the areas of trade, investment and sustainable development. He has served on the Deputy Minister for International Trade’s Academic Advisory Council on Canadian Trade Policy and recently wrote a report on the need for Canada to adopt a border carbon adjustment.
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(0:00) Welcome
(2:35) Aaron Cosbey
(13:20) Q&A Discussion
(28:11) September Updates & Actions
(30:30) CCL's Strategic Initiatives
(41:04) Carbon Fee & Dividend: How It Works
CCL's September Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
September Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/602102372
IISD Report: www.iisd.org/publications/enabling-climate-ambition-border-carbon-adjustment-canada
Understanding Border Carbon Adjustments Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/132
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Pamela Benson Owens | Citizens‘ Climate Lobby | August 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Whether lobbying a member of Congress or doing grassroots outreach to enroll volunteers, the ability to really listen is a valuable asset. Our guest this month, Pamela Benson Owens, will coach us on constructive listening. Pam is the President and CEO of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm that is dedicated to helping for-profit, non-profit and faith-based organizations. Pam leverages humor and honest storytelling to create memorable and applicable strategies that organizations can employ to achieve their goals.
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(0:00) Welcome
(2:58) Pamela Benson Owens
(13:36) Q&A Discussion
(30:24) August Updates & Actions
CCL's August Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
August Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/602731724
More about Pam: https://www.pamelabensonowens.com/
Saturday May 08, 2021
Andres Jimenez | Citizens' Climate Lobby | May 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday May 08, 2021
Saturday May 08, 2021
People of color are likely to be the most impacted by environmental and climate degradation. And yet, they are typically the most underrepresented in environmental organizations and the national conversation about cleaning up our environment. Our guest this month is Andrés Jimenez, Executive Director of Green2.0, an organization dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices being heard at the table when it comes to environmental justice. Before joining Green2.0, Andres was Senior Director of Government Affairs for Citizens' Climate Lobby. Before that, he was Associate Director of Government Relations at Ocean Conservancy. Andres has also worked on the Hill in the offices of Rep. Linda Sanchez and Rep. Howard Berman.
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(0:00) Welcome
(1:22) CCL's New Staff
(5:53) Andres's Presentation and Q&A
(32:48) AirMeet Intro For June Conference
(37:07) May Actions & Accomplishments
Green 2.0: https://diversegreen.org/
CCL's May Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
CCL's June Conference: https://cclusa.org/june
May Pre Call Video: https://vimeo.com/546579112
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Pastor Franklin Ruff | Citizens' Climate Lobby | April 21 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
At a time when distrust and animosity between our political parties appear to be at an all-time high, we need to take a step back and find ways to work together so we can solve the big problems facing our nation. We hear this month from Rev. Franklin Ruff, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Stillwell, Kansas, and past president of American Baptist Churches of the Central Region. He is also the Red Co-Chair of the Braver Angels Kansas City Alliance. Rev. Ruff is a conservative who says, “One of the things we can do to make [our country] better is look and see the humanity of others and to be humble.” He’ll talk about how to bridge differences and listen to each other to find common ground.
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Burney | Citizens' Climate Lobby | March 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
We often say, "Listen to the scientists and create policies based on the science." This month we hear from Jennifer Burney, Associate Professor, Marshall Saunders Chancellor’s Endowed Chair of Climate Policy and Research at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on simultaneously achieving global food security and mitigating climate change. She designs, implements, and evaluates technologies for poverty alleviation and agricultural adaptation.
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(0:00) Introductions
(2:42) Dr. Burney's Presentation
(22:46) Questions From Attendees
(29:45) Tribute to Sec. Shultz
(35:25) March's Monthly Actions
(39:51) Fundraiser Video
Helpful Links:
Dr. Jennifer Burney's Research Page: https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/jennifer-burney.html
Dr. Burney's Presentation Slides: https://community.citizensclimate.org/content/contents/training/CCL-Monthly-Meeting-March-2021-Slides.pdf
March Fundraiser: https://cclusa.org/donate-to-ccl
March Monthly Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
Primary Ask (Leave-Behind): https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/237
March Lobby Days Training on Primary and Supporting Asks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185
CCL's March Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/522668129
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Diane Randall | Citizens' Climate Lobby | February 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
CCL works closely with a number of organizations that support carbon pricing. One of those is the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which encourages and supports members to engage with lawmakers on peace and justice issues. Joining us is Diane Randall, General Secretary of FCNL, who leads their staff to educate and lobby for policies and legislative priorities established by FCNL's General Committee. Diane has led FCNL’s program expansion, including adding lobbyists and new programs to engage grassroots citizens, young adults and more Quakers to lobby for peace, justice and a sustainable planet.
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(0:00) Introductions
(2:43) Conversation with Diane Randall
(17:00) Questions From Attendees
(27:40) Tribute to Sec. Shultz
(32:29) February's Monthly Actions
(36:50) Sen. Coons Message
Helpful Links:
Friends Committee on National Legislation: https://www.fcnl.org/
FCNL’s Resource on Carbon Pricing as a Solution to Climate Change: https://www.fcnl.org/issues/environment-energy/carbon-pricing-solution-climate-change
Feb. Monthly Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
CCL Blog: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/for-ccl-the-earth-moved-when-george-shultz-endorsed-carbon-fee-and-dividend/
Sign up for upcoming Regional Conferences: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ccl-regional-conferences/
CCL's February Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/511759503
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Dr. Noah Kaufman | Citizens' Climate Lobby | January 2021 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
As we gear up for reintroduction of carbon-fee-and-dividend legislation in the new Congress, we heard from economist Dr. Noah Kaufman, lead author of the 2019 Columbia University assessment of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. The study confirmed the effectiveness of the bill from both an environmental and economic perspective. Dr. Kaufman is Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia, leading research focused on climate change policies. He also teaches a course on Energy Decarbonization. During the Obama administration, he served as the Deputy Associate Director of Energy & Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Helpful Links:
Near-term to net zero alternative to the social cost of carbon for setting carbon prices," Nature Climate Change: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0880-3
Expanding the Reach of A Carbon Tax - Emissions Impacts of Pricing Combined with Additional Climate Actions:
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/file-uploads/CarbonComplement_CGEP-Report_101920.pdf
Interactions between a Federal Carbon Tax and Other Climate Policies:
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/report/interactions-between-federal-carbon-tax-and-other-climate-policies
Dr. Alex Barron explains "Near Term to Net Zero:" A New Approach To Setting Carbon Prices for CCL Ann Arbor event: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/2570/5270
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Christiana Figueres | Citizens' Climate Lobby | December 2020 Monthly Meeting
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
With President-elect Joe Biden vowing to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement in January — and as we celebrate the 5-year anniversary of that accord — we turn to Christiana Figueres to get an overview of where things stand globally on national commitments to fight climate change and what's needed going forward. Figueres was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 until 2016, during which she marshaled 196 countries to sign the Paris accord in 2015. Following her tenure with the UNFCCC, she co-founded Global Optimism, which "exists to catalyse transformative actions in our world" to tackle climate change.
Helpful Links:
Ms. Figueres’s website: http://christianafigueres.com
December Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
All Dec. conference videos and presentations can be found at: https://cclusa.org/presentations
CCL
Footage from CBS Evening News 12/1/20: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-can-president-elect-joe-biden-do-climate-change-if-republicans-senate-majority/#
Virtual Postcards: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/471
Upcoming Online Co-working Parties training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/5478
CCL Donation Link: http://cclusa.org/donate
December pre-call video: https://vimeo.com/489614283
All CCL videos are available here at: https://cclusa.org/videos
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Tia Nelson | Citizens' Climate Lobby | November 2020 Monthly Speaker
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
At the age of 13, Tia Nelson spent the first Earth Day cleaning up trash with her junior high classmates. She went on to follow in the environmental footsteps of her father, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, founder of the historic event that ushered in a new era of awareness and action for our environment. Now the Managing Director for the Outrider Foundation, which works to end the threat of nuclear war and reverse the course of global climate change, Tia joined this month’s call in the aftermath of a momentous election. She shared the lessons she learned from her father and offer perspective on the state of the climate movement based on her many years of working on that issue.
Helpful links:
Register for CCL's December 2020 Conference: https://cclusa.org/conference
Outrider Foundation: https://outrider.org/
CCL's Year End Giving Appeal Campaign: https://citizensclimate.org/give
Call Congress Day Dec 3rd: https://cclusa.org/call
November Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
November Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/478651436
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Oct 2020 | Alex Posner | Citizens Climate Lobby
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
As we seek the common ground between Republicans and Democrats on climate solutions, Students for Carbon Dividends (S4CD) has emerged as an important ally in building support on college campuses for revenue-neutral carbon pricing. Alex Posner, President and Founder of S4CD, joins our October call to share about the work his organization is doing to bring Republicans on board and the growing movement of the EcoRight, especially among young conservatives. A speaker at CCL’s June conference in 2018, Alex holds a BA in History from Yale University and is also a volunteer with Magicians Without Borders.
Helpful Resources:
+ Students For Carbon Dividends: https://www.s4cd.org/
+ Economist Statement on Carbon Dividends: https://www.econstatement.org/
+ Register for CCL's December 2020 Conference: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/december-2020-online-conference/