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This week marks both MLK Day and a year into Trump’s second term. Environmental justice, civil rights, and democratic norms are under coordinated attack – how should we respond?

The United States may withdraw from the United Nations. It may withdraw from the IPCC. But it cannot withdraw from the climate crisis it helped create, nor from the human rights impacts now unfolding across the globe.

We face a stark, urgent choice: climate action now for the collective benefit of all OR continued inaction and prosperity for an elite.

What kind of impact can nonprofits unlock when we center trust-building and resource-sharing? Mark Magaña, Founding President and CEO of GreenLatinos, calls that–and networks like USCAN–a "force multiplier."

We are the U.S. Climate Action Network .  Together with our members and people like YOU, we are driving bold and equitable climate action by accelerating collective impact from the local level to the global scale. How, you ask? By leading collective climate action today, tomorrow, and beyond  as we work towards a future where all people and ecosystems thrive, with justice and self-determination for communities most impacted by the climate crisis. Right now , USCAN is supporti

Rising global temperatures fed by increases in atmospheric carbon levels are resulting in more frequent and intense heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms. The impacts of climate catastrophes disproportionately burden marginalized communities who have historically contributed the least to the crisis, exacerbating existing inequalities. Despite decades of work among organizations to slow, and eventually reverse, global warming, the problem persists.  Fortunately, th

COP30 delivered a long-sought victory for a Just Transition, but extremely weak outcomes on adaptation and a fossil fuel phaseout. Cover image by Sami Dellah

Dear reader, As I write this message, I’m sitting in my home office in Western Montana, looking out my window at the gray skies and fallen leaves that portend the beginnings of winter. And yet, my spirit (and indeed my jetlagged brain) are thousands of miles away in tropical Belém, Brazil, where the UN climate talks are entering the final stretch.  And so, I am thinking of the many US Climate Action Network (USCAN) members who are still at the talks – staying up late at night

While U.S. state governors take the stage at COP30, they continue promoting extractive policies back home. Feleecia Guillen issues a call for bold action to those who claim the mantle of climate leadership: end fossil fuels, invest in a just transition, and protect communities.

Only a fraction of countries have submitted their new climate plans, and they’re nowhere near ambitious enough. Here’s what you need to know from the UN’s latest NDC Synthesis Report.

By leveraging the combined expertise, resources, and lived experiences of every voice through collective action, we not only confront the forces of division, we prove that a just, equitable, and sustainable future is not merely possible - it is inevitable.

COP30, taking place November 10–21 in Belém, Brazil, marks three decades of global climate negotiations. For the first time ever, the United States will be absent from the table. 

The fact is, when people get together to build deep trust and community, and organize to build collective power, they can overcome what appear to be insurmountable barriers. 

This blog post is co-authored by Kate Yeo, Policy and Communications Coordinator In a few days, 50,000 delegates from around the world will descend on Belém, Brazil for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30). COP30 marks three decades since the first COP, and 10 years since the Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to 1.5°C – a threshold of devastating global warming.  That promise is hanging by a thread. Global emissions are higher , our planet hotter , and our

Sriram Madhusoodanan shares his personal journey to understanding climate change, highlighting the impacts of inaction and the current era of climate disaster. He criticizes political leaders for favoring fossil fuels over increasingly affordable renewable energy. He concludes with an urgent call for collective action at local and global levels to achieve a just transition for a sustainable future.