Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit and non-partisan organization that advocates in multiple ways for national legislation supporting climate solutions. Citizens’ Climate Education, sister organization of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, is a non-profit and non-partisan organization that provides educational outreach and resources on climate change and climate change solutions. We are national in scope, with members and local chapters in every state. We have 11 chapters in Colorado and a strong state leadership team. Our local Pikes Peak chapter provides opportunities for members to engage in advocacy through our CCL lobbying program, and also to be involved in our CCE educational programing, such as climate conversation events.

Citizens' Climate Lobby’s main goal is to advocate with Congress and the President for the passage of effective legislation to address climate change. Our national organization uses scientists, economists, business analysts and other knowledgeable people to identify the policy solutions most likely to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases sufficiently to avoid the worst impacts of global climate change. They also identify solutions that are fair for families and good for the economy.

Based on this analysis, our areas of focus include working towards a price on carbon, supporting healthy forests, building electrification and efficiency, and clean energy permitting reform.

Our members have various reasons for working on climate solutions. The ones we hear most often are that they see obvious and big changes in the world now, like devastating wildfires, extreme weather, and extraordinary drought, that threaten our health, personal safety, economic security and way of life. They care deeply about their children and grandchildren, or other younger family members. They don’t ignore or rationalize away the obvious trends and risks. They know that solutions exist, and it’s just a matter of working together to implement the solutions now.