Citizens' Climate Lobby

As carbon fee and dividend becomes more central to the national climate policy discussion, you may see more people or organizations criticizing it. Attend this session to learn 5 steps you can take to address these critiques effectively.

Responding to Negative Press: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/491 
Handling Challenging Questions about Carbon Pricing: https://community.citizensclimate.org/handling-challenging-questions     

Handling Opposition During Reconciliation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19e2o3FZo2HPj8zJKD0A-z8tpf3R0W6jH0MahBEKiG1s/edit 

En-ROADS is a transparent, policy simulation model that gives people the chance to experiment with different scenarios that limit future global warming. Ellie Johnston, Climate Interactive’s Climate and Energy Lead, will demonstrate this model and share how you can use it in your advocacy. https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/en-roads/ 

Join Brett Cease, CCL Education & Engagement Director for a tour of CCL Community. Brett will review where you can find resources, training, events and how to log your CCL Actions. Tune in to hear exciting updates for training tracking and our badge system!

Start Exploring CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/help 

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