Climate Policy
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![Julia Jackson and Jojo Mehta]()
![Julia Jackson and Jojo Mehta]()
These activists want to stop ecocide. The first step is making it a crime.
Jojo Mehta and Julia Jackson are leading a global campaign to criminalize the large-scale deforestation and extraction that’s fueling the climate crisis.
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![Hands giving back a plot of land illustration]()
![Hands giving back a plot of land illustration]()
What is heirs’ property? A huge contributor to Black land loss you might not have heard of.
Advocates are working to right a major injustice that has implications for both landowners and the climate.
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![Cecil Corbin Mark]()
![Cecil Corbin Mark]()
He brought ‘good trouble’ to environmental justice
Cecil Corbin-Mark helped push environmental justice into the mainstream.
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![Hurricane Irma slams into Miami]()
![Hurricane Irma slams into Miami]()
Climate change will destroy communities. Let’s help them move now.
Planned relocation will be expensive, but rebuilding in a flood or fire zone is even more so.
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![Youth activists discussing policy]()
![Youth activists discussing policy]()
Young people can do more than organize. We can also help make climate policy.
Youth climate councils give activists a way to influence the policies that their generation will be tapped to implement.
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![Biden cabinet]()
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What do Biden’s cabinet picks show about his plans to act on climate?
Four leaders offer their insights on the incoming administration’s climate cred.
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![Creation Justice Ministries]()
![Creation Justice Ministries]()
They’re turning churches into climate-resilience centers
Creation Justice Ministries wants to help congregations prepare for floods, droughts, and other disasters — while making their communities more sustainable.
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![Firefighters climbing a hill illustration]()
![Firefighters climbing a hill illustration]()
He helps former inmates find firefighting jobs — and defend California against climate disasters
Brandon Smith cofounded the Forestry and Fire Protection Service to help formerly incarcerated firefighters like himself get the training and resources they need to find fire jobs.
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![Protestors at Standing Rock]()
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What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the climate?
Four Indigenous leaders share insights about the growing landback movement and what it means for the planet.
