Citizens' Climate Lobby

How the Paris Climate Agreement mobilizes action

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Global Strategy Director Joe Robertson describes how the Paris agreement mobilizes action. The actions themselves are mobilized based on four pillars: (1) the agreement and legal decisions, (2) nationally determined contributions, (3) finance, and (4) action platforms for implementation.

CCL's Paris Ground Game

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Global Strategy Director Joe Robertson explains CCL's ground game at the Paris climate meetings of November 2015, including the Pathway to Paris Core Principles. 

Understanding the UNFCCC process

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Global Strategy Director Joe Robertson explains the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and how it operates with respect to negotiating international climate policy. 

CCL's Approach to International Climate Negotiations

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Global Strategy Director Joe Robertson explains how CCL's approach to international climate negotiations begins with creating a global civic space.

Leading large chapters Q&A

In this question and answer period, CCL’s Program Director Madeleine Para, Portland chapter leader Tamara Staton, and Salt Lake City chapter leader Dave Folland answer questions from leaders of large chapters.

Leading large CCL chapters

In this lesson, CCL’s Program Director Madeleine Para, Portland chapter leader Tamara Staton, and Salt Lake City chapter leader Dave Folland share ideas and tips on leading large volunteer chapters.

Leading Tiny CCL Chapters

In this lesson, CCL’s Program Director Madeleine Para and leaders of small chapters share ideas and tips on leading small chapters.  

Making the Dividend Work

The #1 topic Congressional Offices in June 2015 was the dividend part of Carbon Fee and Dividend. Mostly, these were questions, and most urgently, staffers and MOCs wanted to know how would the dividend work? To answer such issues, CCL commissioned Allen Lerman, who worked for over 40 years at the US Treasury department. Lerman coordinated and supervised the implementation of the 2003 and 2008 tax rebate programs for individual taxpayers on behalf of Treasury, and designed the withholding changes used to pay the 2009-­2010 Making Work Pay credit on a current basis. In short, he is probably the most qualified person in the country for figuring out how to get a dividend to as many Americans as possible. 

Climate Advocate Training Lesson 1

The first of two Climate Advocate Training podcasts offered by Citizens’ Climate University. Lesson one reviews the structure of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, building relationships with elected representatives, creating political will, appealing to the best in others and practicing laser talks.

Citizens’ Climate University is an initiative of Citizen’s Climate Education.

Move Over Misconception

In this lesson CCL's Elli Sparks challenges us to consider the possibility of outcomes to a conversation when a CCL volunteer asks questions instead of lecturing? Can we build political will by focusing on others? How can we train ourselves to “seek first to understand, rather than be understood”?