10 Great Reasons to Join a Rise For Climate Event Near You

Leaders from around the world will be meeting at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to celebrate advances and victories—and to figure how to address the challenges that remain. Let’s show them how much support there is for a carbon-free future!

These facts should get your blood boiling (and your feet moving):

* The 5 warmest years ever recorded have been in the 2010s.

* The 10 warmest years have come since 1998.

* The 20 warmest years? All since 1995.

Over the last few years, as awareness of the climate crisis has spread, millions of people have responded. All that positive (and 100% renewable) energy has fueled dozens of rallies and events. Here and here and here and here and … the list goes on! It’s up to us to maintain the momentum.

Sure, it’s nice to save the world. But, bonus!, it’s also super-fun to make signs! So get out your fattest, funnest markers and have at it. Go big, go bold. And make sure they’re ‘gram-worthy. It’s all about the feed, people. 

Too many of our leaders wish this issue would just go away so that they can collect their dirty coal money in peace. All the more reason to make some noise!

The ARCTICS IS ON FIRE. Sorry for the all caps, but… the Arctic is on fire. We thought that was about the worse Arctic news we’d heard in a while, but then we read how the oldest, strongest Arctic sea ice is melting, for the first time on record. So. 

Which is true, but some people, including most of the members of the Trump administration, don’t understand that yet. How far are they willing to go to protect the dirty-fuel industries? Well, the EPA recently released new coal-friendly rules. The fineprint? They’ll lead to 1400 additional deaths a year. The real question, then, is how far we’re willing to go to stop them.

The good news is that renewable energy use and production are on the rise throughout the world. Did you know that there are more than 100 cities worldwide powered primarily by renewable energy? Coal is dead, no matter what rules the EPA draws up. 

A majority of Americans wants the government to take action on climate change. A majority of people across the globe supports limiting carbon emissions to fight climate change. When we gather on September 8, we represent a global consensus. We speak as one. 

It’s about justice. It’s about health. It’s about equity. It’s about the environment. It’s about the kind of world we want to live in. It’s about the future. It’s about showing our leaders that enough is enough. The time to act is right now.