Climate Action Team - Democrats Abroad

Climate Action Team

Climate change exacerbates existing inequalities and threatens the lives and livelihood of the entire planet. We are dedicated to seeking climate justice to create a more sustainable and equitable world.......

January 16, 2022

Rights of Nature and Criminalizing Ecocide

Winning (and even just filing) legal actions against those responsible for pollution or destruction of nature has been challenging. Why? In great part because of the imbalance of power (financial......

November 01, 2021

COP26: What’s at Stake for Women?

COP26 kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. My resident country has already taken bold steps to tackle climate change. Scotland has established some of the toughest targets to reduce......

Environmental Defenders

Women’s History Month - Environmental DefendersBy: Naomi Ages Greta Thunberg’s name is now synonymous with climate action. The teenage Swedish activist is one of the faces of the global movement......

Meatless Monday 2

Mexican Skillet Rice We are going to use this week’s Mexican-inspired recipe to draw attention to the role of farmworkers in the US food system, with particular attention to the......

February 15, 2021

Meatless Monday kickoff!

The Climate Action Team is thrilled to kick off our Meatless Monday recipe exchange with DA Norway Vice-Chair Christina Skovsgaard's Meatless Minestrone. From the chef herself: "With today’s expanding repertory......

January 17, 2021

Global Women’s Caucus Climate Action Team Welcome

Climate change is a singular issue. It intersects with every other issue we face, exacerbates existing inequalities, manifests injustice, and threatens the lives and livelihood of the entire planet. This......

January 17, 2021

Climate Change and the Coup

This article was supposed to be about how Democrats retaking the Senate via the Georgia runoff elections was the best chance in over a decade to pass federal environmental legislation.......

December 09, 2020

If the Senate Turns Blue in Georgia, We Can Go Green

Recent headlines praised Joe Biden for “stock[ing] his transition teams with climate experts.” Activists andeditorial boards alike wasted no time in demanding that Biden, and Kamala Harris, make climate their......

Climate Change and Rainwater in India: Either too much or, more often, not enough

Guest post by Climate Action Team Volunteer Pamela Price The first climate change scenario in India that I was familiar with predicted glacial melt in the Himalaya mountains, causing severe......