Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: Hosting Climate Simulations In Your Community

Andrew Jones, CCL's July 2019 monthly speaker and co-founder of Climate Interactive, engages attendees with a review of Climate Interactive's new climate policy simulator, En-ROADS, built with MIT Sloan.

Explore the power of a steadily rising price on carbon through policies like the Energy Innovation Act as well as other strategies to address climate change to highlight complementary climate goals including the impact of changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Background and History of the En-ROADS Tool (3:11)
Expert Opinion and Assumptions (7:24)
Using the Simulator (9:30)
Demo-ing the Simulator (12:00)
Modeling the Energy Innovation Act's Inputs (24:20)
When En-ROADS Will Be Released & Training Plan (26:58)
For Additional Q&A Go To: https://youtu.be/apFC6iaKm7k

Find This Training on CCL Community:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/418
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/climate-simulations
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CCL Training: Online Group Organizing Tools

Join CCL Leaders Rebecca Ratliff and Will Musser for a training that explores the importance of data security and additional tools including Google Drive, Slack, and Evernote that CCL groups have been using to help supplement what is available on CCL Community to manage their chapter's communications effectively and organize information.

Skip Ahead to the following section(s):
Data Security (2:32)
Google Drive (6:03)
Utilizing Slack (11:12)
Utilizing Evernote (26:54)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/online-organizing-tools
CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/404
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CCL Training: Strategies for Success with Municipal Resolutions

Join Sandy Simon, CCL's National Resolutions Project Coordinator, for a training that outlines one of the most impactful ways we can express local political will - through obtaining resolutions in support of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act from our local municipal governing bodies.

City councils and boards of supervisors are in touch with their communities every day, are attentive to local voices, and can send strong messages on behalf of their entire citizenry. Think of local resolutions as endorsements on steroids. When a city, county or state passes one, they are sending a message to Congress on behalf of many thousands of people.

Presentation Slides:
http://cclusa.org/municipal-resolutions
CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/143
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CCL Training: Understanding Economic Support For The Energy Innovation Act

Join CCL Research Coordinator Jerry Hinkle for a training that evaluates the climate and health benefits of the Energy Innovation Act and compares them to the policy costs.

Economists wholly support charging for carbon pollution, and many support returning all funds to households. Why such strong support? The recent peer-reviewed literature makes clear that the policy benefits of a revenue neutral carbon tax that refunds all money to households greatly exceeds the policy costs.

From this, supporters will better understand why economists insist a revenue neutral carbon tax is good for the economy and society.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Economists Statement on Carbon Dividends (3:53)
Health Co-Benefits (11:54)
Climate Benefits (15:47)
Policy Costs vs. Benefits (24:19)
Webinar Q&A: https://youtu.be/4JPON1vqCcA

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/economic-impacts
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CCL Training: 2020 Online Conference & Lobby Days Q&A

Are you curious about what to expect when you attend either CCL's virtual June Conference June 13, or Lobby Days June 16-17? Join CCL National Events Manager, Alison Kubicsko for a review of the online conference, Sunday Seminar, and party details. In the second half, Amy Bennett, CCL's Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days focuses on CCL's lobby day procedures and answers to common questions.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
CCL Conference Overview (1:50)
Sunday Seminars (10:43)
June Party (13:25)
Lobby Days (15:50)

More information

Register: https://cclusa.org/conference

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobby-conference-qa

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/272

Understanding Congress Basics [Core Volunteer Training]

Have a question about the legislative process in Congress? Join CCL Staff to walk through a training that explores the details of the congressional policy-making process, how a bill becomes law, and research from the Congressional Management Foundation on life in Congress for both staff members and our representatives and senators.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(4:13) Basic Terminology
(7:46) Committees & Chambers
(12:33) The Legislative Process
(24:01) CCL's Policy Roadmap
(28:40) Life in Congress
(36:40) Finding Resources On CCL Community

More Information:
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/cvt-congress 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/lobbying-strategy/understanding-congress-basics  Congressional Management Foundation: https://congressfoundation.org/  

CCL Training: How To Lead A Lobby Team Training

Are you interested in learning more about what it takes and key details to remember when leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff?

Join CCL Northeast Regional Coordinator Iona Lutey for a training that will review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations.

Skip to the following section(s):
The Importance of Leadership (2:36)
Advance Planning (6:06)
Meeting Planning (17:40)
Transition Examples (26:53)
Other Considerations & Meeting Debrief (35:20)
Meeting Minutes (40:58)
TBD, Delivery Only, and Constituent Call-in Meetings(44:32)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobbylead
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/188
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CCL Training: Handling Difficult Lobbying Scenarios

How might you best respond to someone in a meeting yelling their concerns back at you? Or a group member taking over on a tangent?

Join Greater Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator Tamara Staton and Southeast Regional Director Don Addu for this training to learn how to overcome objections and handle difficult situations with a proven process that keeps your meetings and conversations on topic and leads to more effective and meaningful relationships.

Skip to the following section(s):
What About China & India? (2:40)
Sounds like a Tax (6:44)
Revenue-Neutrality (10:11)
Climate Skepticism (13:00)
Key Takeaways & Common Temptations (16:30)
Difficult Situations (20:50)
Hot Button Topics (26:10)
Putting It All Together (34:30)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/ handling-difficult-scenarios
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/187
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CCL Training: Planning Your Meeting with Congress Training

Lobbying can be both exciting and intimidating. Being prepared is one way to reduce anxiety.

Join CCL Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinator Sabrina Fu for a training that will walk you through CCL's step-by-step process for preparing for your meetings in Washington DC with Congress and/or their staff.

-Researching your legislator and their district or state before a visit

-The additional tools CCL offers to identify local climate impacts and economic demographics of the community

-Assigning meeting roles

-Practicing and working together as a team

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Intro & Overview (from beginning)
Tools for Preparing to Lobby (2:52)
Assigning Roles (14:12)
Supporting Asks & Legislation of Interest (19:50)
Practice Ahead (37:38)
Putting It All Together (45:49)

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Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/planning-your-meeting
CCL Training page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185

CCL Training: How The Carbon Fee Is Assessed & Collected

Are you interested in finding out about where the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act is designed to assess the fee it places on fossil fuel emissions?

Join CCL's Research Coordinator Rick Knight for a training that explores more in-depth policy details behind how carbon-based fuels may be assessed their CO2 content and what it means to assess a fee as far upstream as possible.

Rick will follow the supply chain for coal, oil and natural gas to understand how the Energy Innovation Act might minimize the administrative burden of assessing the fee while maximizing the extent to which the fee captures the full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Intro & Overview (from beginning)
Measuring Carbon Content (3:38)
Supply Chains for Coal, Oil & Gas (13:25)
H.R. 763 & Fee Placement (20:17)
Regulatory Discretion & Summary (29:18)

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Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/point-of-assessment
CCL Training page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/130
Q&A from webinar here: https://youtu.be/EqtdQmlvbSA