Afro-descendants are no longer asking for a seat at the table. We are creating our own tables.
Resignation may feel like a conclusion, but it's a choice. On the UN resolution and why strategy beats hope.
Changing energy sources alone doesn't address the root causes. On micro-multilateralism and the inner work of transition.
The costs have been socialized, but the profits have been "privatized." Five voices on what a Just Transition actually means.
Returning to Capitol Hill as a guide instead of a participant. What advocacy looks like when the outcome is uncertain.
Young people are already worried. What they need is funding, mentorship, and networks — not more inspiration.
The transition off fossil fuels is already happening. That doesn't guarantee it will be just.
Four women leading across the USCAN network, and the scientists and organizers who cleared the path.
Electricity near data centers is up 267% in five years. Higher bills aren't inevitable — they're a policy choice.
Keeping one Michigan coal plant open has cost consumers $500,000 a day. Four claims about coal, and the facts.
Candy companies are quietly removing the chocolate from chocolate bars. Climate change is rewriting the recipe.
The same systems of extraction that exploit the Earth have exploited Black bodies. On a lineage of stewardship and resistance.
Organized people are the only answer to organized money. Dr. Ife Kilimanjaro on moving from optimism to disciplined hope.
Justice won't come from the White House. It comes from organized resistance and communities refusing to accept the premise.
The U.S. can withdraw from the IPCC. It cannot withdraw from the climate crisis it helped create.
The cost of climate inaction is bound up with the cost of democratic erosion. A message on what comes next.
Mark Magaña of GreenLatinos on why partnership between networks is a force multiplier, and what it takes to build one.
What USCAN is building toward 2030, and how every person committed to a just future makes the network stronger.
COP30 delivered a long-sought win on Just Transition, but fell short on adaptation and a fossil fuel phaseout.
Bridging members' work in the US with global struggles is what makes USCAN's international work matter. A letter from Belém.
Only a fraction of countries have submitted new climate plans, and they're nowhere near ambitious enough. Here's what the UN's report shows.
Networks create change at a scale no single organization can reach. Collective action is USCAN's identity, not just a principle.
COP30 marks three decades of climate negotiations. For the first time, 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
This blog post is co-authored with Kate Yeo, USCAN Policy and Communications Coordinator. In a few days, 50,000 delegates from around the world will descend on Belém
Sriram Madhusoodanan shares his personal journey to understanding climate change, highlighting the impacts of inaction and the current era of climate disaster.
Leadership isn't what you say on a stage at COP30. It's what you do when you go home and face your own community.
New dispatches from the people building what comes next.
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