Advocacy in Action: Climate Change

On this episode, we turn to nonprofits that are tackling nothing less than an existential crisis—climate change. Learn more about how some organizations are tackling this, and how that fits within the laws governing their work.

Lawyers for this episode

Tim Mooney Quyen Tu Jen Powis

Show Notes

• Non-lobbying advocacy
  • Corporate work - Lawyers for Netzero
  • Education - The Beginning of the End of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Research - Climate Central, Union of Concerned Scientists, Carbon180
  • Public protest/demonstration

• Administrative advocacy with the EPA or state based DEQs - Bayou City Waterkeeper

• International/Treaties
  • Governments in partnership with numerous private foundations, a $1.6 billion pledge to support indigenous communities at the COP26 climate summit.
  • Coalition for Rainforest Nations

• Electoral
  • Nonpartisan
    • Earthjustice
    • Conservation Lands Foundation
  • Partisan work
    • Sierra Club’s PACs
    • Sunrise PAC
  • Ballot Measures

Resources

• Bayou City Waterkeeper
• Carbon180
• Clean up in of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• Climate Central
• Coalition for Rainforest Nations
• Ford Foundation press release
• The Ocean Cleanup
• Union of Concerned Scientists