July Actions & Speaker - Drew Jones, Co-Founder And Co-Director Of Climate Interactive

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Drew Jones will be the featured monthly speaker for CCL groups on Saturday July 13th, at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT during Citizens' Climate Lobby's monthly call.

Jones, is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Climate Interactive, a think tank that provides modeling for climate policies and tools, giving policy-makers a realistic view of what's needed to contain global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.

Drew will share details of Climate Interactive's new climate policy simulator En-ROADS, a fast, powerful tool for understanding how we can achieve our climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies.

Visit your chapter's page to see what plans are for your local meeting and the CCL Events page for more log-in information.

Playback options for meetings:
Watch or download the video recording. Or listen to the podcast on PodBean or iTunes.

July's Monthly Actions (click here to download the full sheet)

Engage youth in your community (training) through the work of CCL's Higher Education outreach or CCL's Youth Action Team (Upcoming July 25th Training)
Organize your group's grasstops team to help gather information and discover existing connections with your member of Congress through Focusing Your Grasstops Outreach.
Exercise: Sharing updates about the Climate Solutions Caucus (see action sheet)

Posted by Brett Cease on Jun 28, 2019 10:22 AM America/Los_Angeles

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