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Weekly Briefing, Dec. 20, 2023
Table of Contents:
Climate records of 2023
Take action this week
Upcoming trainings
Despite a hot year, clean energy progress offers a positive outlook for
2024
" The past year broke a plethora of climate and energy records — some
bad, but some good," says CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli. For
CCL's last newsletter of 2023, Dana broke down a few of those records
for us in a Nerd Corner post.
First, 2023 easily became the hottest year on record, and climate
pollution from burning fossil fuels also set a record in 2023, pushing
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels up to an annual average of nearly 420
parts per million.
"Despite all of that bad news, many countries are making progress
towards reducing their climate pollution, and the outlook for 2024 is
encouraging," Dana says. "America's climate pollution fell by about 2–3%
compared to the previous year and is now 18–19% below 2005 levels.
Emissions in the European Union fared even better, declining by about
6–7% in 2023 as the member nations accelerated their clean energy
deployments."
Progress on clean technology is expected to continue — and ramp up even
further — in 2024 and beyond. Even China too is deploying solar panels
and wind turbines at such a pace that they "could begin to displace the
country's fossil fuel consumption and start a structural decline in
Chinese carbon emissions in 2024."
The takeaway? "It's possible that 2023 will become the year in which
global climate pollution peaked," Dana says. Let's do everything we can
to make that possibility a reality 💪
Have a safe and restful end of the year, and we'll see you in 2024!
Read Dana's Full Post
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In other news this week:
• CCL's 2023 highlights: What a year! In 2023, we held hundreds of
in-person and virtual lobby meetings, cheered bipartisan climate bills
and other efforts, and conducted nonstop grassroots outreach all across
the country. Watch our 2023 highlights
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from our December meeting, starting around the 30 minute mark.
• Americans are alarmed: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
released its latest public opinion numbers
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on global warming, finding that 56% of Americans are "alarmed" or
"concerned" about global warming. That number has risen 16 percentage
points over the last decade.
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Take action this week
If you have a little time: Make a year-end donation to CCL. "It's your
support that's allowed us to grow CCL into the grassroots force that it
is," CCL Executive Director Mark Reynolds says in a new video
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. We've raised $787,307 toward our goal of $1.25 million. Make a
year-end donation today
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so we can recruit, train and mobilize even more volunteer lobbyists to
push Congress for major climate action.
If you have more time: Attend CCL's info session to get plugged in.
You're concerned about climate change and want to do something to help —
but maybe you're not sure how to get started. That's why we host an info
session
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! Join the next call on Jan. 3, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT or catch
the recording anytime. You'll learn what CCL is all about and how you
can move Congress forward on major climate action. Join us!
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Upcoming trainings
CCL trainings are taking a break for the winter holidays. If you're
itching for info, take a look at these past sessions that will prepare
you for policy opportunities coming up next year:
Clean Energy Permitting Reform Updates and Q&A
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Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms & The PROVE IT Act
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Farm Bill Basics
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To explore all our available trainings, visit the Training Topics page
of CCL Community
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Informational Session, and then register for our Climate Advocate
Training.
The Info Session is held weekly on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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