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Welcome, and Thank You!
Amador/Calaveras Consensus GroupJuly 2015
Why might you want another NGO?
• Focus• Mutual Aid•If we don’t fix the climate, what will happen to your work?
•You already have enough to do!
Fossil fuel emissions cause
– Global Warming >> Climate Change
– Extreme Weather– Drought– Wildfire, intensified hurricanes & cyclones
– Ocean Warming & Acidification
– Food insecurity
– Infrastructure loss
– Disease
– Habitat loss and species extinction
– Global Conflict
– … … … …
World wants price on carbon
World Bank Carbon Pricing Declaration
– 73 countries
– 11 regional governments & states, major cities
– Representing nearly 50% of world population
– Responsible for 54% of global GHG emissions
– 52% of global GDP
Who signed?
– China, Russia, the European Union
– Growing economies from Mexico to South Africa
– Most vulnerable countries, including the Philippines and
small island nations
– States and provinces like California and Quebec
– Cities like Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro
– Household names such as Nokia, LG Electronics, Lego
and Shell Oil
Carbon Pricing: Essential
“Governments have thrown their weight behind
a price on carbon as a necessary solution to
climate change.”
Jim Yong Kim
President of the World Bank Group
The carbon pricing two step
• How the price is applied
• What gets done with the
revenue
How the price is applied
• Emissions trading system (ETS)
• Fee (tax)
What to do with the $$$ !!!
• It’s a lot!!!
• Give it back to households?
• Tax cuts?
• Promote Renewables?
• Help developing countries?
• International Non Profit, 16 countries
• 270 chapters, 17,000 members
• Political will for a livable planet
• Revenue-Neutral Carbon Fee & Dividend
What we do…
• Letters to the Editor
• Meetings with Members of Congress
• Outreach events like this
In 2014 our (roughly) 200 chapters …
• 2593 Letters to the Editor
= 250 million eyeballs!!!
• 1086 meetings with Members of Congress
• 1041 outreach events like this
• Incredible support infrastructure
• Always respectful
• Common ground first
• Focus
• Trans-partisan
“If you want to make a difference on climate,
there is no better organization for you to join than Citizens’ Climate Lobby”
Dr. James E. HansenFormer DirectorNASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Sciences
“CCL is a relatively new and unknown
organization that is “punching above its weight”
David Bornstein, columnistNew York Times Opinionator Blog2014
Why I’m here: SPECIFICALLY
• New Chapter in this area
• Meetings with Rep. McClintock / staff
• Write Letters to the Editor
• Outreach events like this
• One more thing….
“Chapter’Start” Host Committee
• Invite you membership
• Help plan a Chapter Start training
What we’re for:Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee
• Fee on fuel’s pollution potential
• Levied upstream
• Starts at $15/ton and increases $10/year
• All revenue is returned to households
• 66% of households break even or better
• Promotes clean-energy economy
Regional Economic Models, Inc
Study by REMI
• Cuts CO2 emissions in half in 20 years
• Adding 2.8 million jobs to the economy
• Prevents 227,000 premature deaths by improving air quality
Revenue NeutralityWhat’s the big deal?
• Government doesn’t keep $$
• No new programs
• Appeals to Conservatives
• Supported by George Shultz• Michael Bloomberg• Hank Paulsen
Things you can do
• Add your name to sign-up sheet• Register for Wednesday night intro all• Visit www.citizensclimatelobby.org• Talk this up with those you represent
