r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 11h ago
World on track for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming, according to a new U.N. report.
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r/climate • u/silence7 • Mar 22 '19
How to get involved with a local group to create the political will for climate action
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There are several groups with reasonably widespread chapters trying to push climate action:
- Sunrise — youth-oriented, pushing the Green New Deal. US only. Find a local hub here. Email the hub organizer to get involved. They're volunteers, and often busy, so follow up if you don't hear back.
- Citizens Climate Lobby — broader age range, studiously bipartisan. In the US CCL is pushing a revenue-neutral carbon tax and dividend bill, H.R. 763You can find a signup form for Citizens Climate Lobby here.Make sure you figure out where the monthly meeting is and attend.
- 350.org — This is the biggest and oldest climate group. They're involved in a variety of actions, ranging from divestment to lobbying for state/province level and municipal legislation. Broad age range. Local groups can be found here
- Extinction Rebellion believes in the use of nonviolent civil disobedience, including a willingness of large number of people to be arrested, on a large scale to create political change. They are most active in the UK, but also have a significant number of active local chapters in the US and other countries. Local chapters are mostly listed here but some in the US are only listed at the bottom of this page.
If you want to find one that works for you, go down the list (and check the comments) and find out which ones are active near you. Attend a meeting or action or two to get a sense of what the group is like, and then start doing more to help.
There are others, and depending on you and your community, another group might be the best choice. If you don't feel that one of these group is a good fit for you, tell us where you are and what your community is like, and ask for help.
If you think there's something significant that one of the big groups isn't handling, ask about it. Maybe somebody can help you figure out how to get it done.
r/climate • u/coolhandc77 • 3h ago
New warning video narrated by Woody Harrelson from Adam McKay and Yellowdot about the impending Super El Nino disasters. It talks about how culpable ExxonMobil will be in the impending climate destruction.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 8h ago
‘Ridiculously warm’: Colorado Climate Center releases 2026 water year report and the numbers are bleak. These 12 months were the hottest in Colorado's recorded history. Statewide temperatures during this period climbed 4.5 degrees above the 1991-2020 average.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 9h ago
In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago. Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.
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r/climate • u/ocularius61 • 20h ago
World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says | Climate crisis
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r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 14h ago
Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back
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r/climate • u/silence7 • 14h ago
U.S. Is an Outlier Among Rich Nations in Slowing Climate Progress, U.N. Data Says | The scientific report, identifies the United States as an outlier among the nations responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 10h ago
UK's rewards for North Sea drilling will be droughts, floods and fires.
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r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 14h ago
Global warming is accelerating, leading climate scientist Rockström says
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r/climate • u/StemCellPirate • 20h ago
World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 7h ago
Firefighters voice growing concerns over water supplies to tackle UK wildfires. During a summer fire that destroyed homes in Stourbridge, low pressure meant filling a water carrier took 40 minutes.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 5h ago
A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household electricity bills since 2020, reveals new analysis. Wholesale gas costs are also behind the vast majority (77%) of the increase in household gas bills.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 6h ago
Migratory birds spread avian influenza to Greenland's polar bears. "With climate change, we know that the bears are changing their diets, and they're likely becoming exposed to many new pathogens on land that they could be naive to, because they come from a life highly adapted to the ice."
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r/climate • u/luettmatten • 18h ago
What are the giant ‘heat storms’ now scorching the Earth?
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r/climate • u/Naurgul • 14h ago
US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds
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r/climate • u/mhicreachtain • 14h ago
World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 16h ago
Climate campaigners condemn ‘maddening’ decision to approve Jackdaw gasfield. Critics say move will jeopardise climate targets, fail to cut cost of living and distract from need to decarbonise energy.
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r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 14h ago
Extreme weather could threaten half of U.S. drinking water systems
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r/climate • u/silence7 • 14h ago
World headed for warming of 2.8C as fossil fuel emissions keep rising, UN warns | Global energy-related greenhouse gases remain at record levels
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r/climate • u/Splenda • 10h ago
Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
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r/climate • u/lebron7 • 1d ago
Climate models underestimate how much ice glaciers lose during heatwaves
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago
Tom Cruise’s Digger is a commercial flop – but also the perfect climate film for our time.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 14h ago
Ed Miliband ‘approves new drilling in Falklands oil field’. The decision will likely further deteriorate relations between Britain and Argentina.
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