Climate Mayors

Climate Mayors is a bipartisan network of more than 470 U.S. mayors demonstrating climate leadership through meaningful actions in their communities. Representing 48 states and 74 million Americans, the Climate Mayors coalition reflects U.S. cities’ commitment to climate progress. In addition to local climate leadership, Climate Mayors build political will for federal and global climate action. Hundreds of members have signed the Climate Mayors letters committing to the Paris Agreement and calling on Congress to invest in a green and equitable economic recovery.

Website: https://climatemayors.org/

Topics: Climate Resilience , Healthy Communities , Policy

Climate Power Education Fund

The Climate Power Education Fund is a strategic, national communications and media operation focused on building political will and public support for bold climate action, using research, polling, earned media, paid media, and creative digital content. It works to raise awareness of the threat of climate change to spur a national conversation on solutions and wage offensive campaigns against climate deniers and fossil fuel industry backers.

Website: https://climatepowered.us/

Topics: Climate Resilience , Policy

Canada and Mexico Protected Area Fund

Created to aid in the establishment of new terrestrial and marine protected areas in Canada and Mexico. The project supports, among other things, educational material development, short-term contract organizing support, public opinion research, and paid and earned media.

Topics: Indigenous Rights , Land Conservation , Policy

Campaign for Nature

This initiative is focused on establishing a new global goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the planet’s land and ocean in a natural state by 2030. Campaign for Nature staff work closely with leaders around the world to develop more ambitious international conservation targets through the Convention on Biological Diversity, increase financing for biodiversity conservation, and advance rights for Indigenous Peoples. The “30×30” conservation target is based in science and is designed as a rights-based approach to conservation to help reduce mass species extinctions and the devasting impacts of climate change as well as decrease the risk and impact of future pandemics.

Website: www.campaignfornature.org

Topics: Indigenous Rights , International , Land Conservation , Oceans , Policy

Argentine Protected Areas

The project identifies near-term opportunities to capitalize on Argentinian support for protected areas, including developing campaigns to gain permanent protection for key marine and terrestial areas.

Topics: International , Land Conservation , Policy

Ocean Defense Initiative

Ocean Defense Initiative works to strengthen ocean conservation leadership and raise the profile of the ocean climate nexus among decisionmakers and the public. The project supports policies that would leverage the ocean as a source of climate solutions, benefit ocean wildlife, protect ocean ecosystem health, and ensure the sustainable use of the ocean and its resources in a changing climate.

Topics: Energy , Oceans , Policy

National Ocean Protection Coalition

Launched in 2018, the National Ocean Protection Coalition leads a group of more than 40 ocean-focused organizations defending America’s most treasured ocean places. The organization provides leadership, strategy, and coordination to a national marine monument defense campaign and is laying the groundwork to regain and expand marine protections.

Website: www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org

Topics: Oceans , Policy

Federal Fisheries Policy Coalition

Established in 2015, the project is a coalition of national ocean fish conservation organizations working in close coordination to preserve and, where possible, advance conservation gains in U.S. marine fisheries policy and management. Project priorities include ecosystem-based fisheries management and promoting climate-ready fisheries in the United States.

Topics: Fisheries , Oceans , Policy

Western Energy Project

The Western Energy Project works to protect our treasured landscapes in the American West by ensuring that any development of oil and gas from our federal public lands is done in a responsible manner. We support the preservation of ecologically and culturally important areas, the adoption of common-sense protections for our water, air, land, and wildlife, and the safeguarding of opportunities for Americans to enjoy our public lands.

Website: https://www.westernenergyproject.org

Topics: Climate Resilience , Energy , Policy

Center for Western Priorities

The Center for Western Priorities works to advance responsible conservation and energy practices in the West through the release of reports, polls, videos, podcasts, and earned media events. CWP encourages open, public debate and works to advance those discussions online, in the media, and throughout Western communities.

Website: https://westernpriorities.org

Topics: Climate Resilience , Energy , Policy

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Project

The coalition was established to support robust community and tribal involvement and promote sustainable use and enjoyment of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, providing Tribal governments and local community organizations with resources to help manage the monument and to ensure that meaningful on-the-ground projects are resourced properly. The five member Tribes (Hopi, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah Ouray, and Zuni Tribe) are currently working with the Biden administration to re-establish the Bears Ears Commission with the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management after the restoration of the Monument to its original size in October 2021.

Website: https://bearsearscoalition.org/

Topics: Indigenous Rights , Land Conservation , Policy