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Welcome To Climate Advocate Training!

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Slides: http://cclusa.org/catw-slides

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Online Climate Advocate Training

May 15, 2022

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/catw-slides

Bretti 1:00 pm ET ~1 min

Welcome! You've connected to Citizens' Climate Lobby’s Online Climate Advocate Training

Today’s slides: http://cclusa.org/catw-slides

This is Brett and I'll be one of your hosts today

Before the meeting officially starts, we want to welcome folks and ask you to:

● Introduce yourselves and let us where you are joining from by typing your city in the chat window.

● Tell us how you heard about CCL and if you’ve connected with your local chapter!

Thank you for joining us and before we get started we wanted to acknowledge that you are taking time away from your family, your friends or your hobbies to listen to this lesson and to work on something that is so much larger than ourselves. We are extremely grateful.

We also want to give a shout-out to all our attendees calling in from around the world doing critical work building political will for carbon fee & dividend style policy solutions. Today’s focus is going to be on the US model of our chapters but know that most of it will also apply to your efforts from outside the U.S. as well.

Welcome! You've connected to Citizens' Climate Lobby’s Online Climate Advocate Training

Today’s slides: http://cclusa.org/catw-slides

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Housekeeping

Everyone is muted and this meeting is being recorded
When we get to Q&A you can type in the chat.
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Our Time Together

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CCL’s Organization & Structure

CCL Methodology & Levers of Political Will

Motivational Interviewing Basics

Carbon Fee & Dividend and Reconciliation Updates

Lobby Meeting Training

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About Our Presenters

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Solemi Hernandez

CCL Southeast Regional Coordinator

Elli Sparks

CCL Director of Membership & Field Development

Brett Cease

CCL Education & Engagement Director

Brett: 1:02 pm ET ~2 min

We have a team of three presenters for today’s training!

My name is Brett ____ shares for 30 sec.

I’ve been volunteering with CCL since 2011 and serve as Volunteer Education and Engagement Coordinator where he strives to develop learning pathways that create the most empowered and informed citizen lobbyists possible.

And I’ll pass it to Solemi and Elli to share more about themselves. Solemi shares for 30 sec and Olivia for 30 sec.

Background:

Southeast Regional Coordinator

I have the honor to be CCL Southeast Regional Coordinator. I support volunteers organizing in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. I learned about CCL in 2017 and immediately signed up as a volunteer inspired by CCL’s mission to create the political will for climate solutions. I am currently enrolled as a Political Science part time student at Florida Gulf Coast University. I have been a grassroots activist and community organizer for many years in Florida. I am a mother of two wonderful boys Alexander and Patrick.

Elli joined as a volunteer a decade ago

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Introductions

Via chat

I live in City/State

I am most committed to _____________

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Our Values

Focus

Integrity

Diversity

Personal Power

Relationships

Being Nonpartisan

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Our Core Values Video

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CCL’s Structure

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Volunteer driven & organized by:

Groups/chapters

Congressional districts

Group leaders
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Solemi: 1:11 pm ET (~2.5 min)

So let’s do a quick poll - which value that we just shared do you most identify with? Please look at the poll open right now and indicate your interest in where you’d like to grow! You can choose multiple values.

Okay! As you are entering your answers, let’s get started by reviewing how CCL is organized.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a volunteer-driven organization organized locally by chapters. The terms “chapter” and “group” are used interchangeably but they mean the same thing

A group, or chapter, is a local team that’s creating political will and clear evidence that citizens’ support action on climate change within a congressional district or within a state.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby has hundreds of groups across North America, from cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto to Pocatello, ID, and Hattiesburg, MS. We also have chapters across Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia and Central America.

Each chapter has a group leader -- or a couple of co-leaders -- who help organize and coordinate the local activities of the group. Groups may be in varying stages of development; one group may have one person who is just getting the group started, and there are other more established groups that have dozens of members.

If you are new to CCL and haven’t connected with your local chapter, then you’ll want to do so as soon as possible.

Now that we’ve discussed our groups, group leaders, and structure, I will discuss the liaison role.

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What do liaisons do?

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A point person for a congressional staffer
435 House + 100 Senate = 535 liaisons
Relationship builder:

Regular contact with office
Requests Meetings (Face-to-Face & Staff)
Provides updates & relevant information requested

Solemi: 1:12 pm ET

One other role we should mention here is that of a Congressional liaison.

A CCL Liaison is someone who is the representative for CCL when the group contacts a congressional staffer.

Since there are 535 members of Congress, CCL’s goal is to have a personal liaison for each of those offices and their staff.

The liaisons build ongoing relationships with their members of Congress, and their staff, by maintaining regular personal contact and by coordinating the group’s meetings and communication with that office. This can be anything from sending a card when your member experiences a significant event, updating the office with timely resources related to climate change, or even inviting the staff to a local barbeque.

We are working on a complex issue -- climate change. So, having one consistent point of contact with the office of each member of Congress makes our process of communicating about climate change and our solution much more effective.

The liaison is the representative for the CCL chapter, and the liaison has the goal of moving that member of Congress toward supporting strong climate policy like putting a price on carbon or the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.

Here’s an important point of clarification: Even though we have liaisons, each CCL volunteer is encouraged to personally write and call their member of Congress, and to do so frequently! https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress

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A Note On Confidentiality

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We don’t share outside what we hear in our meetings�
We leave it to the member of Congress to make any public statement about climate�
It’s critical to train ourselves to respect what is said in confidence�
Demonstrating we can be trusted opens the door for deeper conversations that can move our members forward

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The Key To Relationships

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Shared values
Social connection
Places we care for

Find common ground through:

Brett: 1:14 pm ET

To connected to building those relationships of trust, let’s explore the CCL concept of looking for “COMMON GROUND.” Because, finding “common ground” is the key to any long-term relationship. And, long-term relationships are what CCL is all about.

Building a long-term relationship with members of Congress and their staff are critical for our success.

Here’s the good news. We’re absolutely convinced that we can find SOME common ground with anyone.

When we look for common ground, we start in three places.

We look for SHARED VALUES.

We look for SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. And, we look at

PLACES WE CARE ABOUT.

Regarding shared values, it can start on the most simple level--if you have kids, consider that most members of Congress have kids and are concerned for their future as well. So, during meeting introductions, mention your kids or grandkids.

Other examples of shared values include one’s religious beliefs, general outlooks like a safe and prosperous future, energy independence and freedom of choice, it’s always productive to find out where you overlap with common values. And when you and a member of Congress or their staff find them, (i.e. sharing the same religion), make sure to keep emphasizing the connection in your interactions.

As one example, after years of building a relationship with their TX GOP member, here’s what their member told them about the common ground they had found: we all agree that "efforts to reduce emissions should work hand in hand with economic well-being along with his confidence that the U.S. will continue to lead in emissions reductions "by seeking cleaner air through American technology and innovation without sacrificing affordable energy and middle-class jobs."

2. On social connections, we learn about the people we meet with in advance.

For members of Congress, we find out about for former jobs, schools, clubs and interests. You can do the same with aides, although it’s more difficult to find information on them.

One way to do this for anyone is in meetings, just ask an aide/staffer to tell you about themselves. This is not just being polite. These are things we really want to know. If there’s a hometown or college connection with somebody on our lobby team—we are going to make that connection.

That’s how you build a long-term relationship. And, it relaxes the people we meet with. And, it gets them talking about themselves– instead of us lecturing them.

3. Lastly, common ground can also be – literally – a patch of ground on this earth – our turf – a place we love...or the member of Congress or staffer loves.

We’ve found that no matter who we talk to, people love their home community and the larger world passionately. So, in a little bit we’ll jump into an exercise to get us all to think about using our own stories and experiences as a basis for common ground.

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Our One Rule

Treat everyone, even those who disagree with us, with respect, appreciation and gratitude. We meet them where they are rather than where we want them to be.

Brett: 1:15 pm ET

And to demonstrate how all three of these approaches can help build common ground, here’s a quote from one of our liaisons about the relationship they developed with their member of Congress:

“Our congresswoman has more than once closed our meetings by telling us that we inspire her, that we “are the true patriots.” ... Every day she manifests a fundamental trust in America’s democracy, and she lets us know that Citizens’ Climate Lobby helps her feel that way.” - CCL Liaison Karl D.

This is the value of appreciation.

We often use a statement of appreciation to begin meetings, letters to the editor, and any others. It’s not just a “kick-off” device. We work to keep appreciation in our mind throughout our interactions! This is important because some people will have a predisposed view of us, like we do of them. So asking ourselves to appreciate them not only changes their view of us, but also takes the chip off of our shoulder about who we think they are.

It helps us to remove our own biases and to see them as someone we want to work with vs seeing them as an obstacle. As Karl’s example highlights, this approach puts us in a generous place that allows us to seek understanding and common ground.

So, this is our one rule:

Treat everyone - even those who disagree with us - with respect, appreciation and gratitude. We meet them where they are rather than where we want them to be.

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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

If we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.

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E.B. White

Author

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Solemi: 1:16 pm ET

At Citizens’ Climate Lobby, we focus on what we want. We WANT to solve the climate crisis. We WANT a livable planet.

In this exercise, we get down on the ground, exploring what YOU want to preserve.

To set this all up, here’s a quote E. B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web & Elements of Style, gave in an interview with The New York Times in 1969:

“Every morning, I wake up torn between a desire to save the world,

and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

We in CCL might add,But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.” Let me repeat that last part, “if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it?

Even though there may be some differing opinions with whom we talk to about what’s causing the climate to change, or just how much humans are responsible for, we can all agree that there’s something special on this Earth that we want to be around for future generations. Having something we savor on this Earth is the common ground we all share.

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Make It Personal

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Identify a specific place that you love, something that you want to be around for future generations and is threatened by our changing climate.

Take a moment to start thinking about your climate story and experiences. Then practice sharing it with a family or friend - each of our stories matter!

Brett: 1:17 pm ET

In the exercise that we’re going to be doing in just a minute, we’ll ask you to identify a specific place that you love that is threatened to be negatively impacted by climate change. We’re not talking generic types of place like “the beach” nor do we mean to focus on a place that is threatened by other environmental factors (i.e. overdevelopment, toxic pollution, etc. ). Let’s specifically key into how climate change is and will impact the places we care for. If it’s in your hometown and Congressional district all the better to help establish that common ground.

The reason we ask this is that social science research has shown people connect much more strongly with their own backyard and concerns for their community than far-off impacts.

So, think about what your place looks and sounds like in your mind’s eye. Try to paint a descriptive picture for us to help us really understand what you savor about it.

If possible, tie in the potential impact on local economies that your community faces as well--reduced workforce or agricultural productivity, extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, disease vector expansion, seafood yields, there are so many ways to make your story personal AND connected to common concerns like the natural world and economic well-being.

This exercise is a way to begin developing a story that you can share with others.

Stories are very powerful means of connecting with people and the more prepared we are to share our own and make a personal connection, the more likely we are to find that common ground.

Stories are also a way for us to humanize climate change, and help those around us deepen their concern for caretaking and preserving these places for future generations.

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Image Credit: FL Audubon

Solemi: 1:18 pm ET

Let’s consider what we love about life. Maybe family traditions. Or a special spot in nature. Perhaps music, art, poetry. A certain way of life.

Let’s record what we love about life on Earth, describing it in great detail. Please have paper and pen handy.

But first I’d love to share something very specific about a place I love and how it’s impacted by climate change.

I live in Florida. I love the natural spaces, the biodiversity, the smell of the seawater mixing with the fresh growing flowers along the streamways. I love alligators and the birds that live there like this beautiful Roseate Spoonbill. The Everglades ecosystem overall cleans our water. Here’s the sad part, everything in the Everglades is threatened by climate change. There is saltwater intrusion in the aquifer because of sea level rising , extreme weather is impacting the peat bog roots so they aren’t growing as strong as they used and we are losing it’s biodiversity. All of this impacts Florida’s tourism economy - which means less jobs on top of all the natural world impacts.

Image: https://fl.audubon.org/news/audubon-studies-roseate-spoonbill-track-population-rebound

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What do you savor?� Share your story in break out rooms (5 min)

Identify a specific place that you love, something that you want to be around for future generations and is threatened by our changing climate.

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“We aren’t passengers on Spaceship Earth, we’re the crew.

We aren’t residents on this planet, we’re citizens.

The difference in both cases is responsibility.”

-Apollo Astronaut Rusty Schweickart

Brett will introduce Mark’s video: https://youtu.be/f24e3ycXk0s

We went micro with that story, up close, with our own stories. Let’s step back now, far back, as an astronaut sees things. Nearly 20 years ago, our founder, Marshall Saunders, heard an inspiring sermon at church about astronaut Rusty Schweickart. Thirteen years ago, Marshall included a part from that sermon in our very first Climate Advocate Training.

During his Apollo mission in 1969, astronaut Rusty Schweickart was let out of the capsule on an umbilical cord. Usually NASA keeps the astronauts compulsively busy up there – but a peculiar thing happened to Schweikart.

Just as he emerged from the capsule, something went wrong within the capsule; both Mission control in Houston and the remaining astronauts had to concentrate on the problem. This left Rusty all alone… floating around Mother Earth in complete cosmic silence.

During this time, Rusty had two profound conversion experiences. He looked back on Mother Earth “A shining gem against a totally black backdrop,” and realized everything he cherished was on that gem – his family and land, music and human history with its folly and its grandeur; he was so overcome that he wanted to “hug and kiss that gem like a mother does her firstborn child.”

Compassion flowed through him. Trained as a jet fighter pilot, he was a typical “macho man,” but a breakthrough of something bigger came washing over him at that moment in space.

Rusty Schweickart’s second awakening in space was a political one. He was a red, white, and blue American who believed what he had always been taught – that the world was divided between the communist world and the free world. Yet, while floating around Mother Earth he saw that rivers flowed indiscriminately between Russia and Europe; that ocean currents served communist, socialist, and capitalist nations alike; that clouds did not stop at borders to test for political ideology; and that there are no nations. Nations exist in the mind of the human race alone.

On returning to NASA, Schweikart was not debriefed by any spiritual director about his mystical experiences. He confesses to having wandered about in a state of stupor for six months, bumping into walls while asking himself repeatedly this one question, why did God do this to me?

Finally, he concluded, that God did this through him so that others might hear the message. What message? Compassion. Interdependence. Shared Beauty on this shining, glistening planet.

The holy earth. We must take such care of it. It must take such care of us. This side of heaven, we are each of us so nearly all the other has. There is darkness all around us – yet between us there is just enough light to get by.

Solemi, how do we apply this to lobbying?

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Our Mission

To create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in personal and political power.

Solemi: 1:23 pm ET

Many people are familiar with our vision to “create the political will for a livable world.”

We know that politicians don’t create political will, they respond to it. And that it’s our job as constituents to create so much political will that politicians have no other choice than to do what we ask of them.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby teaches constituents how to empower themselves; how to develop relationships with their representatives so that we can help Congress see there’s political will for carbon fee and dividend legislation. We endeavor to show people that your voice will make a difference.

We strive to “enable individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.” But what does this mean? We’ve all had experiences in life when we discovered a newly-found source of strength and inner-ability to realize that through our active participation in a cause we could make a difference. Whether it was starting your own business, going back to school after a divorce, mentoring a young adult in your community - think about a time in your own life when you realized that by participating in something larger than yourself you were part of a collective process that was making a difference.

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Building Political Will

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Political will is the clear demonstration of support back home–from constituents, business leaders, faith groups, and local officials
To be effective, it needs to be widespread & focused on specific steps Congress can take (i.e. supporting budget reconciliation including a carbon price or the Energy Innovation Act)

Solemi: 1:24 pm ET

if we say our vision is to create “political will,” then we should clarify more precisely what we mean.

Think of building “political will” as actions our chapters strategically take to demonstrate to Congress that the will of the people is to have a sustainable climate.

So what does this look like?

“Political will” is really just the clear demonstration of support back home. Legislators need to know a specific actionable step, not simply that we want a sustainable climate and a strong economy. They want to hear what policies we want enacted so they can act on the people's will. That’s precisely what we’ll get into in just a moment, but first a bit more on why we use the methodology we do.

We organize people by congressional districts, which we’ve found to be the most efficient way to meet with and demonstrate political will to Congress.

And through our decade of organizing, we have learned from many others about what creates political will and what does not.

Here’s why that’s important …We know as volunteers you are giving us something so very precious. You’re time!

And we know that you don’t have an infinite supply of it and could be doing many other things instead. So we only ask you as CCL volunteers to do things that we know will have a very good chance of demonstrating the will of the people.

We take actions that we know will be successful in having members of Congress move in the direction of our legislation.

In chat:

Wow, each of your stories is so important and impactful! Thank you for sharing and as Dr. Hayhoe, our advisory board member reminds us, keep sharing them - talk about climate change everywhere you can to help break the spiral of silence!

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Levers of Political Will

Media Relations

Lobbying Congress

Grasstops Engagement

Grassroots Outreach

Chapter & Volunteer Development

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Lobbying Congress Lever

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Meet with Congress
Build a team around your liaison
Include trusted messengers
Highlight support you’re building�

Examples actions:

Brett: 1:25 pm ET

First, there’s lobbying.

Nothing is more impactful than citizens meeting frequently with their member of Congress, or their staff. So, we meet with them often in order to build a relationship of trust and show them that this legislation is something their constituents want and to educate them on how our proposal will impact their state or district.

In a chapter, 4 – 5 volunteers aim to meet regularly with the member of Congress and/or their staff. These days, lobby teams use video chat for these meetings.

In between meetings, like we talked about earlier, a special volunteer called a CCL Congressional Liaison checks in frequently with congressional offices. The activities in the other levers provide deliverables to demonstrate interest, concern, and desires from the district or state.

Lobbying is the most highly leveraged activity we can do.

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Media Relations Lever

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Point person for a media outlet
Write letters & op-eds
Social Media coverage
Meet with an editorial board
Radio and TV interviews

Examples actions:

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Grassroots Outreach Lever

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Online presenting
Organizing events
Enroll in Monthly Calling Campaign
Join Our Action Teams

Examples actions:

Brett: 1:27 pm ET

Our grassroots efforts help give voice to those who care about climate. A 2019 study from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication said that two thirds of Americans, 66%, are at least somewhat concerned about climate change. We want to bring those voices to Congress.

When CCL volunteers set up tables at festivals and events, we get a chance to talk to others about climate change and encourage people to write to their member of Congress right there at the table. Some will sign up to be on CCL’s email list, which could lead them to join a local chapter. Some of you may have found us via a tabling event.

We also recruit people to call their member of Congress on a monthly basis. We call this our “Monthly Calling Campaign”.

One of our goals moving forward is to expand this Monthly Calling Campaign effort. We can work through our own lists of friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, and others to ask them to commit to calling one day each month. We’ll talk more about this later in the workshop.

Presentations also play an important role in grassroots.

Our presentations volunteers work as a team. Some volunteers line up presentations and other volunteers give presentations. And others might manage the networking opportunities from these events.

Almost all of us speak informally to our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers giving “micro” presentations on the bill including finding creative ways to reach potential supporters online.

We all help educate, persuade, and build a vocal majority of citizens that will empower Congress to move forward on climate.

Our Presenters Action team has wonderful resources.

I think this is a good spot to mention our Action Teams where volunteers organize around specific topics (Energy, Ocean Impacts, Agriculture, Higher Education, etc.) that work and strategize on ways to move that area towards supporting fee and dividend. Most action teams usually meet monthly by zoom and are doing some of our most important work. They’re always looking for new volunteers to help make a difference, especially if you are coming into CCL with a wealth of experience from a particular sector you’d like to share!

Action Team Directory on Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/action-teams

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Research who has impact for � your Congressmembers
Meet with them to seek their � endorsement and to champion � their support
Pass local resolutions

Examples actions:

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Chapter communications
Mentor new volunteers
Setup coworking parties
Diversify your membership

Examples actions:

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CCL’s Five Levers Of Political Will

Poll - 5 Levers multiple choice!

Think of our five levers as a menu

Determine where you’d like to contribute:Which brings us to the question of which one of these levers is most attractive to you?

As we look more deeply at the activities, listen to your inner guidance, notice which lever most appeals to you, and which activities related to that lever attracts you.

It’s perfectly fine if you like them all or can’t really connect with any. If that’s the case, simply ask your group leader how you can best assist them.

Please take notes as we give you some more details on these levers.

Aside for Trainers, the new volunteer training page on CCL Community has a wonderful section on our Five Levers with links to learn more about each of them and how to get engaged: https://community.citizensclimate.org/new-volunteer

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Find your group!

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Regional Coordinators
New Volunteer Toolkit
Contact Membership:

membership@citizensclimate.org

Solemi: 1:31 pm ET

In the U.S., each group belongs in one of ten different regions featured here on the map. Each region has a regional coordinator, who supports the group leaders in each of these geographic areas. https://community.citizensclimate.org/regional-coordinators

To find your local chapter and group leader, go to the main website and look for “Chapters” under the “About” tab. We encourage new volunteers to seek out their group leader’s contact information and call to introduce themselves to get involved. You should be able to find this information from the email from our membership coordinator.

https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/chapters/ and https://community.citizensclimate.org/chapters

If you reach out to your local group leader and do not hear back, contact us! Sometimes emails go to spam. We can help make introductions in this case. If no organized group exists in your area, contact us via the email provided and we’ll put you in touch with the people closest to you.

Poll: Have you met with your group leader?

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Working Together

�Write detail to avoid covering up faces.

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2. What is one of your passions outside of CCL?

1. What do you really care about that brought you to CCL / climate change?

3. What’s your special skill or expertise?

(pat yourself on the back!)

4. What other groups do you belong to?

(civic, faith, neighborhood, education, professional, etc.)

5. Do you like to work solo, with a partner, or in a team?

Questions

6. What three activities you might enjoy on the next slide?

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Chatting with

Strangers

Familiar folks

Speaking publicly

Presentations

Town hall questions

Writing

Letters to congress

Letters to the editor

Social media posts

Research

Online

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I might…

Given your interests, skills, affiliations, and circumstances

What is ONE WAY you could �expand your contribution to CCL that would �delight you and move us forward?

Brett:1:38 pm ET (1 min)

Let’s think about expanding your contribution in our work.

Reflecting on your answers regarding your skills, interests, affiliations, and circumstances, what is ONE WAY you could expand your contribution to CCL that would delight you and move us forward?

In the chat, fill in this sentence: I might…. (Elli copy and paste this into the chat:

I might get letters to the editor in the rural newspapers in my very big rural district.

(acknowledge chat)

If you want to bring this exercise to your chapter meeting, that’s great! We’ve got this on the Volunteer Inventory Page on Community. I will paste that link in the chat for you.

(copy and paste the following into the chat:

https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/434

Please share your own answers with your chapter leader. You could call them, schedule a zoom conversation, send an email. Use your answers to the inventory to give you chapter leader a sense of who you are and how you can help.

Solemi, what do we do when one of those political will building levers seems stuck, despite our best effort to pull it and motivate our member of Congress?

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When Stuck, Remember:

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“Innovation happens when people are free to think, experiment and speculate”

-Matt Ridley

Solemi: 1:39 pm ET

Another thing about organizing in five levers - if one is stuck, we can actually pull harder on some of the other levers.

For example, you’ve met with your member of Congress several times, and they agree that the Energy Innovation Act is the best proposal. However, they will not support this proposal until there’s support from primary voters or from businesses in the district. In this example, to demonstrate the support that the member of Congress needs, it makes sense to ramp up outreach to businesses and or community leaders, and also to grow your group to broaden your local vocal base of support.

What we are trying to do together is not going to be easy. But citizens who are passionate, well-trained, organized by congressional district, and who have a good system of support, can more than influence the political process.

We are committed to building ongoing positive relationships with our community and with members of Congress in order to create the political space that allows these members of Congress to move in the direction we want.

So when we talk about building a relationship, why is that important?

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The Power of CCL Volunteers

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Brett: 1:39 pm ET

Video: https://youtu.be/jzu2s3_mTZM

Another thing about organizing in five levers - if one is stuck, we can actually pull harder on some of the other levers.

For example, you’ve met with your member of Congress several times, and they agree that the Energy Innovation Act is the best proposal. However, they will not support this proposal until there’s support from primary voters or from businesses in the district. In this example, to demonstrate the support that the member of Congress needs, it makes sense to ramp up outreach to businesses and or community leaders, and also to grow your group to broaden your local vocal base of support.

What we are trying to do together is not going to be easy. But citizens who are passionate, well-trained, organized by congressional district, and who have a good system of support, can more than influence the political process.

We are committed to building ongoing positive relationships with our community and with members of Congress in order to create the political space that allows these members of Congress to move in the direction we want.

So when we talk about building a relationship, why is that important?

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The opportunity to participate fully in our constitutional democracy is, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., the chance to complete ourselves.

Our best hope for human fulfillment lies in supporting and nurturing the political system that has been bequeathed to us: our constitutional democracy.��To develop accommodations with one another, we need functional institutions for our joint decision-making.

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Solemi: 1:40 pm ET

To explore why these relationships are critical to our very government - I’d like to read a quick passage from the recently released report from the U.S. Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship by the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES

I’m putting the link in the chat: https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/report/section/12

This publication is the final report and includes 31 recommendations to strengthen America’s institutions and civic culture to help a nation in crisis emerge with a more resilient democracy.

The opportunity to participate fully in our constitutional democracy is, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., the chance to complete ourselves.

Our best hope for human fulfillment lies in supporting and nurturing the political system that has been bequeathed to us: our constitutional democracy.

To develop accommodations with one another, we need functional institutions for our joint decision-making.

The opportunity to participate fully in our constitutional democracy is, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., the chance to complete ourselves. Our best hope for human fulfillment lies in supporting and nurturing the political system that has been bequeathed to us: our constitutional democracy.

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We must also kindle a spirit of mutual responsibility in civic life, a humility that rehumanizes us.�We must therefore remember how to work together—even with those we might want to demonize or ignore—if we are to achieve the reinvention called for here.

We have no time to waste. Our constitutional democracy is only as strong and resilient as our belief in it... If we turn back toward one another, we can transform our institutions. �We can renovate our Constitution. We can elevate our culture. We can at last achieve a true democracy.

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Solemi: 1:41 pm ET

We must also kindle a spirit of mutual responsibility in civic life, a humility that rehumanizes us.

We must therefore remember how to work together—even with those we might want to demonize or ignore—if we are to achieve the reinvention called for here.

We have no time to waste. Our constitutional democracy is only as strong and resilient as our belief in it... If we turn back toward one another, we can transform our institutions.

We can renovate our Constitution. We can elevate our culture. We can at last achieve a true democracy.

To develop accommodations with one another, we need functional institutions for our joint decision-making. We can pick up this piece of work now—together. But at the same time, we must also kindle a spirit of mutual responsibility in civic life, a humility that rehumanizes us. Our institutions and our norms will thrive only if we remember that democracy, when it works, is not a battle whose purpose is annihilation of the enemy; it is, if it works, a game of infinite repeat play that includes ever more participants. We must therefore remember how to work together—even with those we might want

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The Heart Of CCL’s Methodology

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Republican Climate Resolution
House and Senate Climate Solutions Caucuses
The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act

Bridge Building:

Brett: 1:42 pm ET

This is just what is at the heart of CCL’s methodology:

Eight years ago, people told us there was no way that we could get Republicans to sponsor a resolution in Congress that said that climate change is real, significantly influenced by humans, and that Congress should do something about it. We chose to see that possibility and worked with Rep. Gibson to introduce the Republican Climate Resolution.

Six years ago, people told us there was no way that we could get Republicans and Democrats to sit down together, much less form and join a caucus with the word “Climate” in its title. We chose to see that possibility and worked with Reps. Deutch and Curbelo to create the Climate Solutions Caucus - which at the end of 2018 had 90 members, 45 Republicans and 45 Democrats working together to talk solutions and address the one of most pressing issue of our time.

Even earlier four years ago, people told us it was impossible to believe that Republicans and Democrats would be willing to co-sponsor and introduce significant carbon pricing legislation together as it hadn’t happened in over a decade. We chose to see that possibility and today the monumental Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act is a direct result of the ten years of CCL volunteers’ efforts working with all members of Congress.

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How?

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Motivational Interviewing Basics�

Find the other person’s interests.
Reflect back to confirm what you heard them say.
Identify and confirm their values.
Find common ground with those values.
Ask permission to express your thoughts related to those shared values.

Solemi: 1:43 pm ET

People learning how to deeply listen use tools called “reflective listening” or “values based conversations” or “motivational interviewing”.

The basic sequence runs something like this:

Find the other person’s interests.
Reflect back and confirm what you think they said.
Identify and confirm their values.
Find common ground with those values.
Ask permission to express your thoughts related to those shared values.

Before we move into the details on values based listening, let’s consider what it looks like when someone DOESN'T feel heard.

When I think someone isn’t hearing me, then I might repeat myself, over and over, hoping repetition might help it sink in.

Sometimes, I catch myself getting louder and louder, as if shouting will help you hear me.

Or, I get quiet and say nothing, afterall, why should I try if you really don’t want to hear me.

I might turn on my cell phone or even walk away.

If we want to have our turn to talk to someone ready to listen to us, we can start by deeply listening to them first!

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Find their…

Via chat

interests.

“I love that you care for others”

Brett:1:44 pm ET

Let’s try taking ourselves through the deeply listening steps.

Brett, please read us a question that we might hear when talking about the Energy Innovation Act.

Brett:

Here’s one, Brett: “What about underserved communities? Won’t they be negatively impacted and they’re already suffering from COVID.”

Brett:

On the chat, please share ideas of how to respond. First, we want to find their interests. We want to tell them that we appreciate the question.

(ideas to get the chat rolling if no one responds:

“I am so glad you shared that!”

“Thanks for bringing that up!”

“Great question! I am glad you asked!!”

“I appreciate your enthusiasm.”

STAGE DIRECTIONS: Brett reads some of the chat responses. For one minute.

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Reflect & confirm…

Via chat

what you heard.

“Correct me if I am wrong, I think I heard you say… “

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Identify & Name...

Via chat

their values.

“It sounds like you care about… “

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Find…

Via chat

common ground.

“I also care about… “

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Ask…

Via chat

permission.

“Would you like to hear what I discovered about that? “

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A Price

on Carbon

The single most powerful

tool we have to lower

America's carbon pollution

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Three Main Points

The Power of Pricing Carbon With Cashback

What’s Being Considered?

Meeting Our Climate Goals

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The United States sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half by the end of this decade. That’s where we’re headed as a nation, and that’s what we can do, if we take action to build an economy that’s not only more prosperous, but healthier, fairer, and cleaner for the entire planet.

President Biden

Earth Day Summit 2021

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How it Works

2) Return 100% of net revenue to households as carbon cashback

1) Charge a steadily rising fee on fossil fuels when they enter our economy

3) Adopt a Border Carbon Adjustment to protect U.S. manufacturing and promote international ambition

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How Carbon Fee & Dividend Works

Energy Innovation Carbon Dividend Act

AND

In order to achieve this goal, for over a decade CCL has advocated for a strong climate solution called carbon fee and dividend.

A strong carbon fee and dividend style policy can be thought of as having three important elements, so let’s explore each of those briefly:

How it Works

1. Carbon Fee

This policy puts a fee on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. It starts low, and grows over time. This will drive down carbon pollution because energy companies, leading industries, and American consumers will move toward cleaner, cheaper options. The fee starts at $15/ton of CO2 and increases by $10/ton each year, on top of inflation.

2. Carbon Dividend

Our second leg of the stool sees to it that 100% of the net revenue collected from this fee gets allocated equally to households. That’s the cash back part of the bill.
The money collected from the carbon fee is allocated in equal shares every month to the American people to spend as they see fit. Program administrative costs are paid from the fees collected. The government does not keep any of the money from the carbon fee.
We’ve called this a dividend in the past and we use these two terms interchangeably.

3. Border Carbon Adjustment

Our third leg of the stool puts a fee on goods coming from countries without a similar price on carbon. We call that a “border carbon adjustment.”To protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs, imported goods will pay a border carbon adjustment, and goods exported from the United States will receive a refund under this policy.
This is about even-steven, proper accounting

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Benefits

Net zero by 2050

Saves Lives

Affordable Clean Energy

Puts Money in Your Pocket

Benefits of Putting A Price on Carbon

Energy Innovation Carbon Dividend Act

AND

For example, here’s one way of understanding how we communicated about the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act.https://citizensclimatelobby.org/price-on-carbon/

I’ll demonstrate and please feel free to read it aloud with me in your own home:

Net Zero by 2050

This policy will reduce America’s carbon pollution by 50% by 2030, putting us on track to reach net zero by 2050.

Affordable Clean Energy

With this policy, the government makes fossil fuels more expensive, and businesses compete to provide clean energy solutions. The resulting innovation will reduce our pollution fast and efficiently, leading to plenty of reliable and affordable clean energy for our modern lives.

Saves Lives

This policy will improve health and save 4.5 million American lives over the next 50 years by reducing pollution Americans breathe. Poor air quality is responsible for as many as 1 in 10 Americans today, and sickens thousands more.

Puts Money In Your Pocket

This policy is affordable for ordinary Americans because it puts money in your pocket. The money collected from the fee is given as a monthly dividend, or ‘carbon cash back’ payment to every American to spend with no restrictions. Most low and middle income Americans will come out financially ahead or break even.

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How it Works

Putting A Price On Carbon Has Strong Support

Energy Innovation Carbon Dividend Act

AND

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Ted Deutch�D-FL-22 ⬥

Salud Carbajal �D-CA-24⬥

Tony Cárdenas�D-CA-29⬥

Matt Cartwright�D-PA-08⬥

Judy Chu�D-CA-27 ⬥

Gerald Connolly�D-VA-11⬥

Angie Craig�D-MN-02⬥

Lou Correa�D-CA-46⬥

Charlie Crist�D-FL-13⬥

Jason Crow�D-CO-06⬥

Anna Eshoo�D-CA-18⬥

Dwight Evans�D-PA-03⬥

John Garamendi�D-CA-03⬥

Hank Johnson�D-GA-04⬥

Derek Kilmer�D-WA-06⬥

Barbara Lee�D-CA-13⬥

Tom Malinowski�D-NJ-07⬥

Grace Meng�D-NY-06⬥

Joseph Morelle�D-NY-25⬥

Seth Moulton�D-MA-06⬥

Scott Peters�D-CA-52⬥

Dean Phillips�D-MN-03⬥

⬥ = original sponsor�⬥ = original cosponsor

Chellie Pingree�D-ME-01⬥

Jamie Raskin�D-MD-08⬥

Lucille Roybal-Allard�D-CA-40⬥

Mary Gay Scanlon�D-PA-05⬥

Jan Schakowsky�D-IL-09⬥

Brad Sherman�D-CA-30⬥

Albio Sires�D-NJ-08⬥

Thomas Suozzi �D-NY-3

Linda Sanchez�D-CA-38

Steve Cohen�D-TN-9

Susan Wild�D-PA-7

David Trone�D-MD-6

Andy Levin�D-MI-9

Grace Napolitano�D-CA-32

Sara Jacobs�D-CA-53

Joyce Beatty�D-OH-3

Eleanor Holmes Norton�D-DC-At Large

Robin Kelly�D-IL-2

Mike Levin�D-CA-49

Deborah K. Ross�D-NC-2

Bonnie Watson Coleman�D-NJ-12

Ann M. Kuster�D-NH-2

Ed Perlmutter�D-CO-7

Emanuel Cleaver�D-MO-5

Juan Vargas�D-CA-51

Jim Cooper�D-TN-5

Joe Neguse�D-CO-2

Madeleine Dean�D-PA-4

Sean Patrick Maloney�D-NY-18

Andre Carson�D-IN-7

Jake Auchincloss�D-MA-4

Alan S. Lowenthal�D-CA-47

Veronica Escobar�D-TX-16

C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger �D-MD-2

John Yarmuth�D-KY-3

The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act�

Energy Innovation Carbon Dividend Act

AND

Supported By 95 Representatives (H.R.2307)

Citizens’ Climate Lobby has advocated for a carbon fee and dividend style policy for more than 10 years; in late 2018, Congress introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act in both the House and the Senate with both Republican and Democratic sponsors, the first time ever a bicameral, bipartisan carbon pricing bill was introduced into Congress.

When the 116th Congress started in January 2019, the House reintroduced the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, H.R. 763 with Rep. Deutch and Rep. Rooney as the lead Democratic and Republican sponsors respectively. Then in 2021, the House reintroduced the Energy Innovation Act as HR 2307 and Citizens’ Climate Lobby now advocates for this specific bill.

So let’s go under the hood and find out a bit more about this monumental Act, but first..

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Emission Reductions

–5%

–67%

–100%

Business as Usual

If nothing changes, U.S. emissions will barely change by 2050

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued guidelines for how quickly the world must reduce emissions to stay below the 2°C and 1.5°C thresholds to minimize climate change.

Stable Climate Window

Range of emissions required to stay within 1.5°-2.0°C

Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act

A strong, economy-wide price on carbon could reduce America’s �carbon pollution by 50% by 2030, putting us on track to reach net zero by 2050.

This polluters-pay policy will incentivize the expansion of clean energy while sending carbon cash back payments to American households, to spend as they see fit.

2022 Start Year

annual targets

model

Emission Reductions

Energy Innovation Carbon Dividend Act

AND

Let’s look at the expected emission reductions from the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. The emission reduction goals in this policy are more ambitious than any bipartisan carbon pricing bill we’ve seen submitted in Congress. This is a new day for the climate, and for our world.

As a result of CCL volunteers’ years of hard work, this is a clear signal to every nation on Earth that there are legislators in the United States on both sides of the aisle who want to see this happen, and fast. That is a message of hope - so let’s talk about how it works!

This data available at: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/393

So in summary, EIA puts us on track… follow animations

For more information on the data and modelling used in this chart visit: https://energyinnovationact.org/data-sources/

A strong, economy-wide price on carbon could reduce America’s carbon pollution by 50% by 2030, putting us on track to reach net zero by 2050. Learn more from recent carbon pricing studies.

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Accomplishes one of President Biden’s domestic priorities.
Provides $550B in new spending for infrastructure needs including addressing climate mitigation and resiliency needs
Includes provisions from two of CCL’s previous Supporting Asks
Passed the House and Senate; President Biden signed.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework Recap

COVID 2020 Recovery Package

Billion dollar coronavirus relief package

Climate measures included were the most significant changes to combat climate change in many years

3 CCL supporting asks passed

Hard, long term advocacy pays off

After House passage of a much larger infrastructure passage and months of negotiations, in June 2021, key Senators on both sides of the aisle and the White House reached an agreement on a bipartisan framework for a comprehensive infrastructure reform bill.

The resulting compromise bipartisan infrastructure package includes $550 billion in new federal investments over 5 years, while the remainder of the $1 trillion renews existing transportation funding. The legislation covers everything from bridges and roads to the nation's broadband, water and energy systems.

The Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act in August by a strong bipartisan vote of 69 to 30.

The House vote was postponed as a majority of the Progressive Caucus refused to vote for it until the reconciliation was also being voted on.

On November 5th, 2021 the House passed the bipartisan bill by a vote of 228 to 206. Sending it to President Biden’s desk for signature, which he did.

So that is a quick summary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package. This package will strengthen our nation’s resilience to extreme weather and climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, expanding access to clean drinking water, building up a clean power grid, and more. Again, it accomplishes one of President Biden’s main domestic priorities. It provides $550B in new spending for infrastructure needs including addressing climate change and resiliency needs. It Includes provisions from two of CCL’s previous Supporting Asks. It passed the House and Senate and now awaits President Biden’s signature.

I do want to highlight that while this bill includes some climate provisions that we should celebrate, they are not on the scale needed to address the issue without further legislation. And that will lead me into our next topic. So let’s talk about the climate provisions included in the infrastructure package.

CCL worked with Members of Congress for months to advocate for the inclusion of bipartisan climate infrastructure policies, going beyond the scope of what is traditionally considered infrastructure. The final package includes historic investments in resiliency, clean energy, and environmental remediation.

Resilience:

The investments would provide $47.2B for climate change mitigation and resilience, including funding for waste management, flood and wildfire mitigation, drought, coastal resiliency, ecosystem restoration, heat stress, and weatherization. A portion of the funding will go to the Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance program, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs to make coastal communities more resilient in light of increasingly powerful storms.

Clean School Buses & Ferries: $7.5B

Includes historic $5 billion for the replacement of existing school buses with zero emission and clean school buses, with a priority on low income, rural and Tribal schools. Provides $2.5 billion for the replacement of existing ferries with low carbon ferries and to assist states with essential rural ferries operational costs.

Electric Vehicle Charging: $7.5B

Another $7.5 billion of the funds would go towards alternative fuel corridors (more info here on the guidance here).You can find more details here: and to build out a national network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure to facilitate long-distance EV travel and to provide convenient charging where people live, work, and shop. The federal funding will have a particular focus on rural disadvantaged, and hard-to-reach communities.

Clean Energy Transmission: $65B

The bill would invest $65 billion to rebuild the electric grid. This is the largest investment in clean energy transmission and the electric grid in American history. This funding upgrades our power infrastructure, including by building thousands of miles of new, resilient transmission lines to facilitate the expansion of renewable energy. It creates a new Grid Deployment Authority, invests in research and development for advanced transmission and electricity distribution technologies, and promotes smart grid technologies that deliver flexibility and resilience. It also invests in demonstration projects and research hubs for next generation technologies like advanced nuclear reactors, carbon capture, and clean hydrogen.

Environmental remediation & addressing legacy pollution

The bill would provide $21 billion in funds for environmental remediation and addressing legacy pollution by cleaning up brownfield and superfund sites, reclaiming abandoned mine lands, and plugging orphan oil and gas wells.

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Budget Reconciliation

Where are we at and what’s in the policy being discussed?

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What is Budget Reconciliation?

A process that allows specific budget-related legislation to bypass the filibuster so it can pass with just 51 votes in the Senate.

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What can be included?

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Policies must be related to taxation or revenue outlays and the budget

Byrd Rule
Senate Parliamentarian

Example: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Passed tax cuts through budget reconciliation

Window of opportunity for climate policy

So what is it and what is the process?

Reconciliation allows Congress to enact legislation on taxes, spending, and the debt limit with only a majority vote in the House and Senate, avoiding the filibuster.

The reconciliation process begins with the House and Senate each passing a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions that direct one or more committees to recommend changes to existing law to achieve specified changes in spending, revenues, deficits, and/or the debt limit. It sets the overall target for spending and revenue and provides instructions to committees to achieve those targets. These instructions and targets are not binding and committees can propose legislation that differs from the original resolution as long as they can get final approval in the final reconciliation vote.

Earlier this year, both the House and Senate passed their budget resolutions to kick off the reconciliation process. Since then, House and Senate committees have been crafting, debating, and negotiating their portion of the final reconciliation bill.

In October, 2021, the Biden Administration released their Build Back Better Framework which is essentially a starting point of what the administration hopes to see achieved in the reconciliation bill, including provisions on climate. And we will get into what that entails in the next slide.

With the Administration’s framework as a guidepost, the House and Senate have continued to write their version of the reconciliation bill. It is likely that they will include largely what’s in Bidens BBB, but it will be different.

The House passed their version of BBB in November, 2021, and sent it to the Senate. As of February, 2021 the bill does not yet have enough votes to pass in the Senate. The senate could add a carbon price to whatever version of the bill moves forward. After the Senate passes their version of BBB, we would expect one final vote on the amended bill by the House. Then this final bill that has been approved by the House and Senate, would go to the President’s desk for his signature.

This is all to say that this is and has been a very complicated and drawn out process and there are still many moving pieces and lots of negotiations ahead of us.

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Senate

Aug 10: Passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF)
Aug 11: Passed $3.5 trillion Budget Resolution
Dec 19: Manchin announced no deal on BBB

House

Nov 5: Passed Senate-approved BIF
Nov 19: Passed House version of Build Back Better (BBB)

2021 Legislative Process

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Summary of Investments in Clean Energy and Efforts to Combat Climate Change → $555 Billion

Clean Energy Tax Credits: $320 billion
Resilience Investments: $105 billion
Investments and Incentives for Clean Energy Technology, Manufacturing and Supply Chains: $110 billion
Clean Energy Procurement: $20 billion

Overall House Bill Priorities

The main categories in the House Bill are Clean Tax Credits, Investments and Incentives for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Resilience, Resilience Investments, Rural and Agricultural Investments, and Environmental Justice.

The $1.75 trillion bill currently provides about $550 billion in climate-related funding, including historic investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure; extended and new tax credits for clean energy; grants for states, localities and tribes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; a fee on methane emissions; incentives to reduce emissions from industrial and manufacturing facilities; and funding for many other climate-related programs.

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As I mentioned, in a move to both lay a marker down and to help kick start negotiations in the House and Senate, the White House released their framework of what they’d like included in reconciliation in October, 2021.

The proposed framework dedicates $555 billion to investments in clean energy and combating climate change. It’s important to highlight that this number didn’t shrink much from earlier versions of the reconciliation package. This highlights Biden's and Democrats' prioritization of the climate.

First, it provides $320 billion in clean energy tax credits. This would include ten-year expanded tax credits for utility-scale and residential clean energy, transmission and storage, clean passenger and commercial vehicles, and clean energy manufacturing.

Second, it provides $105 billion in resilience investments. The investments and incentives would be for addressing extreme weather (wildfires, droughts, and hurricanes, including in forestry, wetlands, and agriculture), legacy pollution in communities, and a Civilian Climate Corps.

Next, it has $110 billion for investments and Incentives for Clean Energy Technology, Manufacturing, and Supply Chains. The targeted incentives are meant to spur new domestic supply chains and technologies, like solar, batteries, and advanced materials, while boosting the competitiveness of existing industries, like steel, cement, and aluminum.

Lastly it provides $20 billion in clean energy procurement which provides incentives for the government to be purchasers of next-gen technologies, including long-duration storage, small modular reactors, and clean construction materials.

I want to reiterate that this was the administration’s framework for what they would like to see in the reconciliation bill. It is just a framework and there was no specific text associated with it.

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Budget Reconciliation Process

Now that the Administration has released what they would like to see in terms of climate in the reconciliation bill, the House and Senate have passed budget resolutions and the bipartisan infrastructure bill has been passed, this should allow Congress to put more focus on the budget reconciliation package.

On November 3rd, 2021, the House released updated text of H.R. 5376, which is their version of the reconciliation bill. The updated House bill text builds off of the administration’s framework. It expands on all of the climate provisions that were included in Biden’s framework and includes several new provisions to further reduce emissions.

The House voted and passed their version of the reconciliation bill on November 21, 2021 and sent it to the Senate.

To earn the votes of all 50 Senators the bill’s scope continues to shrink and as of February 1st, the bill will likely be broken up. Democratic Senators agree on the climate provisions in BBB more than other parts, so the climate provisions are likely to move forward. It is still possible for a carbon price to be added.

I am going to go over some of the House Bill now but remember that the Senate is breaking the bill apart, so, we should not get too caught up in the details on this version from the House.

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Looking to get to 50+ votes
President Biden signaled shift in focus for Reconciliation Bill
Timeline is in the coming months; many moving parts
Democrats are looking to trim down the bill
Indication that the $555 billion in climate provisions are a point of agreement

Current State Of Play In The Senate

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Implications for A Price On Carbon

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Carbon Pricing Discussion

In 2021, Senate Finance Committee included a carbon price as a topic “to be considered” in their proposals.
Achieving 50% emissions reductions by 2030 is a prominent factor in determining major climate policies, including a carbon price.
Senator Whitehouse quote: “49 out of 50 votes” for a carbon price, House assured passage and White House assured the President will sign it.

Getting A Price On Carbon Discussion

In September, a Senate Finance Committee document was circulated around the hill that included a carbon price as a topic “to be considered” in their potential proposals.

Since then, there has been ongoing conversations between our climate champion members in the Finance Committee as well as key moderates like Senator Joe Manchin and Senator Krysten Sinema about the inclusion of a carbon price in reconciliation.

The media also began to react positively to carbon pricing. In September, The New York Times reported that “Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, confirmed that the Senate majority leader had asked him to craft legislation that would put a price on carbon emissions but to ensure that the policy would respect Mr. Biden’s pledge not to raise taxes on families earning less than $400,000. That could be done with some kind of rebate or ‘carbon dividend.’” Again, this came after the Finance Committee document was released showing consideration of a rising carbon price paired with rebates for low-income taxpayers. Bloomberg News also included another quote from Wyden showing that, as his committee crafts carbon pricing language, they are staying cognizant of Americans’ energy prices.

Another extremely important point to note is that, part of the importance of a carbon price is now hinging on the goal to meet 50% emissions reductions. The methane fee and CEPP have played into the ongoing discussion of carbon price. When the CEPP was knocked out, it removed a large portion of emission reductions in the package. The house bill turned to the methane fee and various grants and loans programs to get to that 50% reduction. However, a lot of MOCs have publicly vocalized their commitment to the 50% reduction, and a carbon price is a policy that we know will help us get to that goal. So in terms of what goes into the final package and product, a lot will ride on this commitment and many are starting to believe what we do, that a carbon price may be the answer to getting us there.

And to end on an even higher note, Senator Whitehouse was also quoted saying they had 49 votes for a carbon fee rising over time starting at a little below $20 which is huge. Under the initiative, the cost on carbon dioxide emissions would start at less than $20 per ton and increase over time, with revenue possibly rebated back to some consumers or dedicated to help fossil fuel workers amid the transition to clean energy, Whitehouse said on the sidelines of the COP26 climate conference in Scotland.

“We have 49 out of 50 votes” from Democrats in the Senate, the Democrat from Rhode Island said. If the Senate passes it, “the House has assured us they will also pass it, and the White House has assured us the president will sign it into law.”

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CCL volunteers helped:

mobilize over 168,000 calls and emails to Congress and President Biden.
reach over 4.5 million people in targeted states through text and phone banking and digital advertising campaigns.
publish over 3,400 op-eds and letters to the editor.
get earned news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg News and other major media outlets.

CCL Efforts in Budget Reconciliation

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Five pieces of bipartisan climate legislation signed into law

Through the Omnibus Bill and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

Two climate bills passed through at least one chamber of Congress

The bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act passed the Senate (92-8) and the HOPE for HOMES Act was included in the House reconciliation bill.

All together these, bills do not keep us on track to meet our emissions targets.

In 2021 Citizens’ Climate Volunteers Helped Get

Now, I want to take a moment to recognize how far we have come. It is really important to acknowledge that an organization like CCL with 200,000 people has had this large of an influence in the climate space. We would not be seeing this level of support in Congress without all the work of CCLers both in the last few weeks and months, and over the last decade of advocacy. You all are amazing! Because of the work that we do, the Chairman of the Finance Committee said he wanted our proposal, a NYT article was written about and headlined the discussion of a carbon price, and because of our influence, a carbon pricing proposal is one of the major climate provisions being discussed. This is all a huge win.

I also want to re highlight that we advocate for other climate bills such as the Hope for Homes Act and the SCALE Act, and our influence helped to get their inclusion in the various packages and bills being debated.

It’s also important to recognize that reconciliation is a big deal. With or without carbon price. It will include investments in climate change mitigation, resiliency, clean energy, electrification and more, in a way we have never seen before. Once reconciliation is finished, and the final product is released, CCL will look through the bill in its entirety and decide what is the next strategic move to make for our organization.

Lastly, I want to close by saying that because of CCL’s work, a carbon price is still on the table. And we are hopeful to see this through until the end.

We build political will by securing endorsements, generating press, growing grassroots support, and engaging with our country’s highest political offices. In the last year, Citizens’ Climate helped get:

4 pieces of bipartisan climate legislation signed into law
Through the Omnibus Bill and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

We also wanted to highlight some big wins for CCL when it comes to the bipartisan infrastructure bill. After CCL’s June Lobby Day, we were thrilled to see several provisions from two of CCL’s supporting asks included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill:

The first was the The HOPE for HOMES Act

The HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021 involves both short- and long-term actions to help the household energy efficiency industry cope with the pandemic's long-term problems. The infrastructure bill contains provisions from the bill like the residential and commercial energy audits and their energy upgrade and retrofits process. It also includes provisions that establish training and assessment centers for workforce training tailored to equip them to execute comprehensive home energy efficiency retrofits and prepare them to dramatically improve America's current home infrastructure. The infrastructure bill also includes rebates for homeowners to invest in energy efficiency improvements.

The second bill included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill was The SCALE Act

The SCALE Act of 202 would enable CO2 transport and storage infrastructure needed to scale up carbon capture, removal, use, and storage across domestic industries, including those difficult to decarbonize. The infrastructure bill contains the SCALE Act in its entirety which will support the financing and construction of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure.

In the Omnibus bill elements of the following were included:

BEST Act

CCL began lobbying on the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act in June of 2019. The bill, which authorizes $300 million over five years to reduce the cost of grid-scale energy storage systems, gained 24 cosponsors following CCL’s June lobbying this year. That support was a factor in the BEST Act being included in the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, which the House passed in September.

USE IT Act

Politico calls this the USE IT Act “a top priority of outgoing Environment and Public Works Chair John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) that would boost carbon capture and direct air capture technologies.” CCL volunteers have lobbied on this legislation since June of 2019, too, and it gained cosponsors after our lobbying pushes.

Climate-Ready Fisheries Act

CCL volunteers also advocated for the Climate-Ready Fisheries Act in June of this year—the bill gained 10 cosponsors after our lobby days. This provision will require a report to be prepared about efforts to adapt our nation’s fisheries to the impacts of climate change.

How important the work we do at CCL is, and this is actual proof. These are huge wins and we should all be proud!

2 climate bills pass through at least one chamber of Congress
The bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act passed the Senate (92-8) and the Hope for Homes Act was included in the House reconciliation bill.

In December 2020, the U.S. House and Senate passed a massive omnibus package. The package includes the major provisions from three of CCL’s “supporting ask” bills from December Lobby Day: the BEST Act, the USE IT Act, and the Climate-Ready Fisheries Act. In September 2021, Congress agreed upon a bipartisan infrastructure package that includes provisions from two of CCL’s “supporting ask” bills used in June 2021: The Hope for Homes Act and the Storing CO2 And Lowering Emissions (SCALE) Act. The inclusion of these measures in both the larger omnibus package and bipartisan infrastructure package shows that CCL’s volunteer lobbying has an impact. This is a powerful reminder of why CCL supports other bipartisan climate bills- because we can make a difference.

More information on CCL’s supporting asks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/240

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By 2030 clean energy tax credit extensions with a Clean Electricity Performance Program would achieve about 39 percent reductions below 2005 levels
These combined with a strong price on carbon achieve emissions to 52 percent meeting the President’s goals.

Why A Reconciliation Carbon Price Is So Powerful

https://www.rff.org/publications/issue-briefs/emissions-projections-under-alternative-climate-policy-proposals/

Resources for the Future (RFF) staff utilized a suite of models to estimate the projected energy-related carbon dioxide emissions reductions under different climate policy proposals, including alternative carbon fee scenarios.

The first scenario includes tax incentives for renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, and clean light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles (similar to the Clean Energy for America Act, CEAA) AND clean electricity targets embodied in grants to retail electricity service entities (similar to the goals embodied in the Clean Electricity Performance Program, CEPP) set at $150/MWh for the first year of operation. [1]
The second set of scenarios includes the “central case” carbon fee scenario in which an economy-wide fee on emissions is set at $15 per metric ton CO2 beginning in 2023, rising to $30 in 2028, and increasing at $10 per year (above inflation) through 2040. We show results for this scenario for multiple policy cases:

With and without an exemption for gasoline; and
With and without an exemption for gasoline in addition to CEAA and CEPP-type programs

The third scenario is an alternative economy-wide carbon fee that starts at $15 in 2023 and increases 5 percent annually (above inflation), without exemptions and without additional policies.

The emissions reductions for the central case carbon fee with and without an exemption for gasoline are relatively similar. Under the central case carbon fee policy with CEAA and CEPP policy provisions, emissions are 52 percent below 2005 levels without a gasoline exemption, compared to 50 percent below 2005 levels with the exemption. Without the CEAA and CEPP policy provisions, the economy-wide carbon tax results in emissions 45 percent below 2005 levels without the gasoline exemption and 44 percent below 2005 levels with the exemption. These small differences reflect the fact that historically light-duty emissions have been relatively insensitive to changes in gasoline prices. However, carbon fee revenues are reduced significantly if gasoline is exempted from an economy-wide carbon fee.

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Helps the bill achieve far more emissions reduction
A carbon price can be border-adjusted
A carbon price can be made permanent
A carbon price is one of the few "sticks" that can pass with a simple majority in the Senate under budget reconciliation rules

A Price On Carbon Is A Solutions X Multiplier

CCL has very strong reasons why we've been advocating for a carbon price:

A carbon price would help the bill achieve far more emissions reduction. Even a low $20 carbon price on the power sector would greatly improve the emissions reduction of the BBB bill. According to Stock & Stuart's analysis, adding a $20 carbon fee on power emissions would lead to the bill cutting over three times more cumulative emissions by 2035.
A carbon price can be border-adjusted, whereas other climate policies cannot.
A carbon price can be made permanent, whereas climate spending programs and tax incentives would likely expire after 10 years due to budget reconciliation rules. This permanence would encourage more capital-intensive investments in clean energy technologies.
A carbon price is one of the few "sticks" that can pass with a simple majority in the Senate under budget reconciliation rules. Whereas, climate regulations are subject to the filibuster and would require 60 Senate votes to pass. And the President doesn't have many regulatory “sticks” to cut emissions - his authority is limited and could become even more limited by an upcoming Supreme Court ruling.

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Regarding a price on carbon…

Via the chat

What questions do you have for your small group mentor?

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Questions?

Type in Q&A

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Preparing For Your Meeting

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Before Your Meeting

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Do your research
Plan follow up ahead
Assign roles

roles are suggestions - be flexible
be ready to try multiple roles
everyone participates in discussion

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Roles In Your Meeting

Suggested additional roles

Appreciator
Time Monitor
Notetaker
Asker
Deliverer
Follow-up
Tech Support

Optional Roles: Observer, Photographer

Suggested roles, so be flexible

Be ready to assume multiple roles

Everyone participates in the discussion

Solemi: 2:18 pm ET

Lobby Team Role Descriptions: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/246

Meeting Roles

Depending on the size of the lobby team, an individual may fill multiple roles. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion, but keep in mind that the most powerful people in the meeting will be constituents and trusted messengers.

�Appreciator – doesn’t it make you feel nice when you first meet someone and they say something nice about you? How does that change the way you listen? That the role of the Appreciator

Time Monitor: Keeps meeting on time. Monitors percent of time CCL and MOC talk with target of 50/50. Tallies number of open ended questions our team asked for the meeting minutes
Notetaker – Takes notes or meeting minutes. If possible, the note taker should be an experienced volunteer. This person should be able to follow the thread of the conversation, specifically capturing what’s said by the member of Congress or staffer.
Asker – the lobby team member who presents CCL’s purpose and ask. If possible, someone who has a strong grasp of our policy and its wider implications and ripple effects. The asker leaves the 1-page primary ask behind.
Deliverer – the team member responsible for bringing constituent correspondence or community leaders to the meeting. With the pandemic those might be verbally summarized or sent in advance, or sent afterwards as part of the follow-up.
Follow-up – this lobby team member sends follow-up meeting materials and a thank you cards. If the person doing the follow-up is not the Liaison, he/she should coordinate on the follow-up items with the Liaison soon after the meeting.
Tech support - who’s good with tech? They can be point for muting, security, etc.

NO NEED TO READ TODAY:

A couple optional roles might include…

Observer--the team member designated to put aside any agenda for outcomes and just listen for underlying needs. If they hear something that is missing or sounds like a place to get more understanding, they ask about it, finding that the opportunity to clarify needs brings further understanding and really helps the meeting.
Photographer—the team member designated to take a photo (with permission) and share online after.

Leader

One of the first roles in a lobby meeting is the role of the leader. The leader is usually the liaison to the member of Congress’s office, although it doesn’t have to be. If the leader is not the liaison, they will brief the liaison after the meeting to let them know how things went. The meeting leader usually assigns roles before the lobby meeting and hosts a practice session with the rest of the team. The leader helps control the pace and the flow of the lobby meeting, facilitating transitions in the meeting agenda, and cueing other members to introduce themselves or to introduce primary and secondary asks.

It’s worth noting that introductions should be personal and specific to the individual, and each should highlight a potential demographic or concern that members of Congress might have. For example, a student lobbyist may discuss the impact of climate on their future, or a conservative might discuss the impact of climate on their job or company.

Appreciator

Another role in a lobby meeting is the appreciator. The appreciator takes a moment to thank the member of Congress for something that they’ve done or accomplished recently. This appreciation doesn’t necessarily have to be related to climate. This appreciation comes after everyone, including the congressional staffer, has introduced themselves, and sets the tone of the meeting as one of thankfulness and allyship, as opposed to attacking and offensive.

Timekeeper

The timekeeper makes sure that the meeting stays on track and that adequate time is being allocated to each topic. At the beginning of the meeting, the timekeeper will ask how much time the member of Congress has to meet with the lobby team. The team will then adjust their plans accordingly. Throughout the meeting, the timekeeper will note who is talking and how much. Ideally, you want your member of Congress or that member’s staffer to be doing most of the talking: it’s not every day that you have a private audience with them, so listen and learn as much as you can! The timekeeper will signal when five minutes are remaining so that the leader can work on bringing the meeting to a close.

Notetaker

The notetaker is a lobby team member who writes down what the member of Congress or staffer says following each question from CCLers. They shouldn’t worry about writing down what CCLers say, as what the member of Congress or staffer says is most important. The notetaker should be an experienced lobby member capable of following fast-moving conversation. They should also count how many open-ended questions CCLers ask their congressional offices. After the meeting, the notetaker will type up their notes and send them to the team leader to submit when they fill out their post-meeting form.

Asker

The asker is the team member who will introduce CCL’s primary and secondary/supporting asks. If this meeting is in person, they will hand physical copies of CCL’s one-page legislation summaries to the congressional members. If meetings are online, the liaison has usually sent these files to the staffer while setting up the meeting. The asker should be a constituent with a strong understanding of the legislation and its implications. There can also be multiple askers; for example, one member can be the primary asker, while another can be the secondary asker.

Deliverer

The deliverer is responsible for bringing any relevant postcards, endorsement letters, or constituent letters for the member of Congress to the meeting. Many lobby teams will couple this role with either the role of the timekeeper or note-taker, depending on how many volunteers are available.

Photographer

The photographer is the team member who, after receiving the member’s permission, will take a photo of the congressional member and the rest of the team to be shared online and on social media after the meeting. If meetings are held digitally, this photograph is usually taken in the form of a screenshot with the team on Zoom’s gallery view.

Followup

One of the lobby team members will usually follow up with the congressional office by sending any materials referenced during the meeting, such as studies or editorials, as well as getting them into contact with any individuals in the community who might have been referenced. This individual will also be responsible for sending the congressional office a thank you card. The liaison is usually responsible for the task of following up, although they do not have to be the individual to do it. If the individual is not the liaison, the volunteer should coordinate materials to send with the liaison following the meeting.

In terms of discussion throughout the meeting, all lobby team members should participate in the discussion, especially constituents.

With lobbying opportunities becoming available again, this blog will help you get a better idea of how to most effectively lobby your member of Congress, work with other volunteers, and create the political will for a livable world.

To listen to volunteers share some of their own lobbying experiences, you can watch the video below:

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The Leader’s Main Focus Areas

Empowers participation
May handle transitions
During discussion ask open-ended questions
Keeps meeting on track & closes the meeting
Helps team settle on supporting ask

Solemi : 2:21 pm ET

And most importantly we have the meeting leader. An analogy that we find useful here is that of a conductor.

The CCL team leader is there to manage the meeting, not to dominate the meeting.
The leader is not necessarily the one who talks the most, but who empowers everyone to share and participate, especially the constituents.
During discussion, ask open ended questions and keep focused on opportunities to affirm shared values (give example) and ask clarifying questions (am I hearing you say…?)
The leader may choose to be in charge of handling the transitions between different parts of a meeting.
They help keep the conversation on track and help wrap things up.
The leader will help the team settle on an appropriate supporting ask for the meeting, and make sure that everyone is on the same page with that.

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Basic Meeting Outline

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Beginning: thanks, how much time, intros, appreciation, state our purpose and ask.

Middle: discussion, exchange of thoughts, listening , moving them forward.

End: Supporting asks, clarifying questions and follow-up.

Solemi: 2:22 pm ET

Let’s circle back meeting roles, please go to the Polls and select the roles you’re most interested in trying out for today’s lobby simulation.

You can select more than one.

As you’re entering that - I’ll review our basic meeting outline.

We meet in teams of 4-6 CCL members, we like to think of lobbying as a team sport!

We start by

Thank Member or Staffer for meeting with us.
Timekeeper asks “how much time do you have for this meeting?”
Introduce ourselves (briefly). If meeting with staffer, then ask them to tell us a little bit about themselves.
Show appreciation for something that they’ve done recently that you sincerely appreciate...it doesn’t have to be about the climate or environment.
Explain our purpose (to create the political will for a livable world).
Briefly state our request: “Support or introduce strong climate legislation that puts America on track to reach our goals of 50% reductions in the next 10 years. Then mention that we have more to say on that but first we’d like to discuss your concerns…”
Listening and Discussion. Here are possible questions you could ask to further the discussion, but be flexible based on your relationship: for instance rather than react to their answer, it is most important to help them feel heard.
You might ask:

”What might be preventing the Rep from supporting our legislation?”
”Who in our district would we need to convince about the merits of our proposal to win your support?”
”What’s your preferred plan to lower emissions?”
Having done your research you will probably be able to anticipate what you think their responses might be.

Finally -- Deliver our ask: Or if they’ve indicated there are not ready to introduce or support our policy, then introduce a secondary request as a building block.
Offer additional materials, ask if they would like them hard copy or electronic? Ask how and when to follow up
Ask who they work with on the other side of the aisle?
Thank them for your time!

And that’s the overview on how we conduct a meeting with a congressional office.

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Your Plan For Break-outs 40 Minutes

Q&A Discussion (10 minutes)

Your CCL mentor and group join table introduce yourselves briefly
Ask questions about CCL, carbon fee & dividend, reconciliation, etc.�

Preparing For Meeting (10 minutes)

Your mentor shares who they will represent
Decide on roles and your team’s meeting plan

Hold Your Meeting (10 minutes)

Make sure everyone has a role and participates

Debrief As A Breakout Group (10 minutes)

Takeaways? What did you learn or would do differently next time?

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Regrouping Time

How did it go?
What highlights did your break-out and practice lobby meeting experience?
Share in the chat!
Raise Your Hand and we can invite a few attendees on stage to share as well

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What’s next?

Three thoughts

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Take Action!

Let Congress & the President know you want strong climate action!�

Find easy-to-use tools to email and call:

cclusa.org/takeaction

Take Action

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Connect with �your local group!

Brett:

Sign up here: https://community.citizensclimate.org/bulletin/2101/235

CCL is hosting nationwide phone and text banking to mobilize climate action supporters to make emails and calls to President Biden and Congress asking for a price on carbon in the budget reconciliation bill.

We've scheduled a series of virtual phone banks where we will be calling CCL supporters across the country, asking them to contact President Biden and thier members of Congress. Join us to help mobilize the CCL masses. Since all calls will be to CCLers this should be fun and inspiring.

We've also scheduled a series of text banks in which we will be texting climate action supporters across the country and asking them to email and call their Senators.

(The short link for calling/emailing the Senate is cclusa.org/senate and President Biden is cclusa.org/white-house)

We'd love to have volunteers with phone and text banking experience, but it is not necessary as long as you are comfortable with technology and a quick learner. You'll need a computer and a quiet place where you can make calls. You will not use your personal phone. We will provide a script, training and support. Training will be the first 30 minutes of each session.

Want to call into a specific state? Here is the state schedule for phone banks:

Mondays and Wednesdays: Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico

Tuesdays: Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, and Ohio

Thursdays: Virginia, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New Jersey

Please RSVP for one or more of the events below so we know how many to expect and please add them to your calendar as well. (You can RSVP on each event page). And use this bulletin to advertise at your chapter meetings. If you know a certain day of the week works for you, please sign up for a shift on that day across multiple weeks.

Nearly every week, people on this informational session ask us what they can do right now to take action.

We love that appetite! So, tonight, we will walk through enrolling to take your first action.

Staff members in Congressional offices tell us that a steady, ongoing drumbeat of calls makes a big impression on a member of Congress.

This is especially meaningful right now as the House and Senate are working in committees on the budget reconciliation bill. As they’re drafting details of the bill, we want them to continue hearing from constituents who want a price on carbon.

So, we made a simple tool to call and email your members of congress. Right now, we’re contacting members in the House of Representatives. If you don’t know who your representative is, we can help you figure out who that is.

The message you’ll share with your member differs if they’re a Democrat or a Republican. If they’re a Democrat, ask them to include a price on carbon in this year’s budget reconciliation. If they’re Republican, they can still influence the budget even while being in the majority. Ask them to do something big for climate this summer, and support a price on carbon.

If you are ready for this action, then go to the chat and type in “yes!”.

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www.cclusa.org/mcc

2. Monthly Calling Campaign

Reach out to your lobby meeting leader �(or group leader) to confirm next steps for your lobby plan and local group involvement.

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Thank You!

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/catw-slides��Brett: brett@citizensclimate.org

Solemi: solemi.hernandez@citizensclimate.org

CCL Forums: https://cclusa.org/forums

www.citizensclimatelobby.org

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“My favorite part is the sense of community in CCL. Not only have I gotten to meet people who live near me, I've also gotten to meet people in other chapters throughout the state and the entire country. There's a real camaraderie in the CCL that says, "We're all in this together." We're a team. I think part of that stems from CCL's nonpartisan, nonthreatening culture. We're asked to support each other rather than tearing people down. I have definitely incorporated these values into my own life, not that I was some argumentative, demanding person, mind you. But I no longer post partisan, inflammatory content to my social media. Instead, I try to understand where people are coming from and meet them there. Thanks, CCL!” �� -CCL Volunteer

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Share online, with social media, and with your family and friends!

Brett: (Only if time):

Outside of our Lobby Trainings

If you’re interested in continuing in your learning process with CCL, we host a weekly Core Volunteer Training that is the next step in your finding out more about CCL’s programs.
This series of twelve rotating lessons is help on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET and each lesson drills down into a specific topic (Letters to the Editor, Social Media, Storytelling, Climate Science) and how you can connect these themes to take your climate leadership to the next level with CCL.
We are growing by leaps and bounds and our goal is to support you in this important work, so contact us if you need help! We’ll do our best to help you or to direct you to someone who can!
After the webinar tonight, you’ll receive an email with a link to a recorded version of this webinar and recommended next step links.

https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/core-volunteer-training

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Bipartisanship on Climate Solutions

House Climate Solutions Caucus

Senate Climate Solutions Caucus

US. Conference of Mayors support for carbon pricing

Brett:

Zooming to 2020, this momentum Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers have generated for bipartisan work continues to show up - from not only the Climate Solutions Caucus in the House, but also cross-party climate dialogue happening in the Senate. Both caucuses are bringing members of both parties together for productive conversations is a crucial first step to finding common ground on major legislation.

CCL has played an integral role in building up the memberships of these caucuses, but they work independently and as an overall body does not explicitly endorse the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, though all six original co-sponsors in the House are on it.

Additionally, this past summer America’s mayors are joining in on the action. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, an organization comprising 1,407 mayors from cities with populations of 300,000 or more, recently passed a series of environmental resolutions at their annual meeting, one of which calls for Congress to put a price on carbon.

What these examples highlight is the power of a methodology - how demonstrating, respect and appreciation for others, even those who we think oppose us, finding common ground and building relationships leads to political will. CCL volunteers meet with their Congress members and appeal to the best in them. They create political will locally that allowed these elected officials to respond to it.

Image source: https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/new-climate-change-caucus-to-address-most-important-issue-71915077643

Climate Solutions Caucuses in House and Senate: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/

Mayors Support of Carbon Pricing:

https://citizensclimatelobby.org/u-s-conference-of-mayors-passes-monumental-carbon-pricing-resolution/