{"id":363617,"date":"2017-03-21T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=363617"},"modified":"2017-03-21T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:13","slug":"evan-weber","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/evan-weber\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate policy doesn\u2019t go far enough to curb emissions. Evan Weber rallies young climate activists to demand more."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"g50-profile__stats-block profile__stats-block--profile-363617 \">Executive Director, U.S. Climate Plan<br \/>\nWashington, D.C.<br \/>\nAge: 25<\/aside>\n<p>Born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii, Evan Weber went to the same K-through-12 school attended by future President Barack Obama. By the time Weber got to college, he was taking his fellow Punahou School alum to task for what Weber believed was an inadequate climate action plan.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Weber, a college buddy, and one of their professors drafted their own climate agenda, a policy report they initially simply called \u201cThe Plan.\u201d A direct response to Obama\u2019s 2013 climate plan, this version called for the U.S. to go even further in reducing carbon emissions and proposed a set of financial and regulatory solutions to make it happen. Weber ran an Indiegogo campaign to drum up support around The Plan and started popping up as a climate evangelist in media outlets like the Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, and Newsweek. Now his goal is to build the political power necessary to enact it.<\/p>\n<p>[pullquote share=&#8221;true&#8221; hashtag=&#8221;Grist50&#8243;]\u201cSocial movements have been led by young people throughout history.\u201d[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p>Weber\u2019s organization, U.S. Climate Plan, pushes for climate legislation on the state level and organizes campaigns supporting climate justice. Weber supports young activists by building partnerships between grassroots organizations, teaching statewide strategy plans, and advising college students. This, in Weber\u2019s eyes, is how you build a generational front against climate change. \u201cAnd morally, we know that we are going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This young climate activist is demanding more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57007830,"featured_media":490298,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[10],"class_list":["post-363617","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-energy","grist-50-13","grist-50-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Climate policy doesn\u2019t go far enough to curb emissions. 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