The Climate Mobilization
Formation | 2014 |
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Type | NGO |
Purpose | build political will for a WWII-scale climate mobilization |
Headquarters | New York City |
Founders | Margaret Klein Salamon, Ezra Silk |
Website | TheClimateMobilization.org |
The Climate Mobilization (TCM) is a
TCM was founded by
History
Since at least 2008, public figures like environmental analyst
The Climate Mobilization was launched in September 2014, before the
Throughout 2015, citizen activists in California, Iowa and elsewhere in the U.S. began rallying for World War II-scale national climate mobilization, and spreading the Climate Mobilization pledge to local political candidates.[12][13][14][15]
In January 2016, The Climate Mobilization sponsored a "Climate Emergency Caucus" in Des Moines before the Iowa caucuses, which simulated the state's 2016 Democratic presidential primary caucus.[16] Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin spoke on behalf of candidate Hillary Clinton, and climate advocates Jane Kleeb, founder of Bold Nebraska, and Iowa politician and radio host Ed Fallon spoke on behalf of candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders won 67% of the vote, reinforcing the perception that voters highly concerned about climate change strongly preferred Sanders over Clinton, and that climate voters were a key voting bloc contributing to his competitiveness in Iowa and later primary states.[17][18][19] Throughout his presidential campaign, Sanders discussed fighting climate change "in military terms",[20] saying at one point during a debate against Clinton that "if we approach this as if we were at war", the U.S. could be up to the challenge, as it was during World War II.[21]
In April 2016, The Climate Mobilization organized a "
In July 2016, the national platform committee of the
Politicians who have signed the Climate Mobilization pledge include San Luis Obispo mayor Heidi Harmon, Des Moines mayor Frank Cownie; Iowa State Rep. Dan Kelley; Iowa State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg;[12] New York State Senate candidate Debbie Medina; and U.S. congressional candidates Peter Jacob of New Jersey, and Tim Canova,[28] Darren Soto, and Alina Valdes of Florida.
Advisory board
TCM's advisory board includes:[29]
- MoveOn.orgcreative director
- Greenpeace Internationaldirector
- Richard Heinberg, journalist and Post Carbon Institute senior fellow
- Marshall Herskovitz, film producer
- Dr. Michael E. Mann, climate scientist
- Adam McKay, producer, director, screenwriter of films such as The Big Short
- Jamila Raqib, director of the Albert Einstein Institution
- Gus Speth, environmental lawyer
- David Spratt and Philip Sutton, coauthors of Climate Code Red
- Lise Van Susteren, psychiatrist and environmental activist
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. of the Hip Hop Caucus
See also
References
- ^ Merchant, Emma Foehringer (12 May 2016). "Should We Respond to Climate Change Like We Did to WWII?". New Republic.
- ^ About
- ^ a b Read, Bridget (19 September 2014). "Margaret Klein: We Need to Talk". Guernica. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "The Climate Mobilization home page". The Climate Mobilization. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Brown, Lester (4 December 2008). "We need climate action on the scope of the WWII mobilization". Grist.
- ^ Svoboda, Michael (12 December 2010). "Covering Climate: World War II-Scale Coverage For a World War II-Scale Effort?". Yale Climate Connections.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas (7 June 2011). "The Earth Is Full". New York Times.
- ^ Klein, Naomi (8 March 2015). "How will everything change under climate change?". The Guardian.
- ^ McKibben, Bill (15 August 2016). "We Need to Literally Declare War on Climate Change". New Republic.
- ^ McKibben, Bill (22 January 2011). "Getting the Message Where It Counts". 350.org. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Dastagir, Alia E. (22 September 2014). "'Largest-ever' climate-change march rolls through NYC". USA Today.
- ^ a b Merchant, Brian (5 November 2015). "Iowa Democrats Call for a 'WWII-Scale Mobilization' to Fight Climate Change". Vice: Motherboard. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Cook, Linda (22 September 2015). "Group rallies to sign climate change mobilization pledge". Quad City Times.
- ^ Petroski, William (5 November 2015). "Iowa activists demand war on climate change". Des Moines Register.
- ^ Konstantinovic, Aleksandra. "San Diegans Rally for Climate Mobilization at City Hall". Times of San Diego. No. 15 March 2015.
- ^ Haley, Charley (30 January 2016). "Sanders a favorite at climate change rally". Des Moines Register.
- ^ Sheppard, Kate (1 February 2016). "Bernie Sanders Wins On Climate Change In Mock Iowa Caucus Of Activists". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Iowa Progressives Weigh Clinton vs Sanders as One of Whitest U.S. States Kicks Off Presidential Race". Democracy Now!. 1 February 2016.
- ^ Leber, Rebecca (1 February 2016). "Bernie Sanders might want to thank climate change voters if he wins tonight". New Republic.
- ^ Hains, Tim (15 March 2016). "Bernie Sanders: We Must Fight Climate Change "In Military Terms", Fossil Fuel Money Controls GOP". RealClearPolitics.
- ^ "Bernie Sanders frames climate change as an urgent existential war". The Week. 14 April 2016.
- ^ Merchant, Emma Foehringer (22 April 2016). "Today's signing of the Paris agreement has environmentalists split". New Republic.
- ^ Fulton, Deirdre (22 April 2016). ""Global Elite's Theater": Paris Deal Is Mere Starting Point for Climate Justice". Common Dreams.
- ^ Ware, Doug G. (22 April 2016). "Kerry, 174 leaders sign 'powerful' Paris climate change treaty amid skepticism, protests". UPI.
- ^ Oberhaus, Daniel (25 April 2016). "Paris Accord Protesters: 'We Need to Go to an Emergency War Footing Right Now'". Vice: Motherboard.
- ^ Greene, Russell (19 July 2016). "Beyond Paris: Finding the Courage to Face the Climate Emergency". CommonDreams.
- ^ Romm, Joe. "Democratic Platform Calls For WWII-Scale Mobilization To Solve Climate Crisis". Think Progress. No. 22 July 2016.
- ^ Canova, Tim. "On the Issues: What Will They Think of Us?". TimCanova.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Advisory Board". The Climate Mobilization. Retrieved 30 August 2016.