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Voting After a Climate Emergency (Blog)

10/17/2024

Every person deserves to have their voice heard. No one should lose that opportunity because they’re the victims of a climate disaster.We put together this guide on what you can do in the wake of a…

Voting Local Matters: Why Vote for Park Board? (Blog)

10/13/2023

Parks provide a place to stay active, gather with loved ones, and spend time in nature, improving our quality of life. Those serving on your local park board are vital to preserving the parkland and…

Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog)

1/10/2023

In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…

Climate Change Threats to Food and Water (Blog)

3/17/2022

In the US, most people take for granted that ample food and clean water are, and will be, available for consumption. Yet climate change has already impacted food and water resources here and around…

What I Learned at the UN Climate Change Conference (Blog)

11/23/2021

Although the largest impacts to limit climate change will come from countries and corporations, individuals can make a difference as well, especially by applying pressure and sharing their…

Climate Change is a Public Health Crisis (Blog)

10/18/2021

People often refer to climate change as an “existential threat.” This makes sense; our existence is being threatened. But as a health professional, I’d like to move away from the big, existential…

Leagues Step Up on Climate Action (Blog)

8/20/2019

Guest authors Cathy Frischmann and Claudia Keith encourage Leagues to get involved in climate strike activities.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog)

2/12/2019

In December, the LWV UN Observer for Climate, Robin Tokmakian, and three Delegates (Rebecca Boyd of LWV Wilmette, IL, and Claudia…

Trump Administration Announces Regulation to Replace the Clean Power Plan (Blog)

8/21/2018

The Trump Administration announced their plan to gut the Obama Administration regulation that combats climate change by setting the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

League Representatives Attend UN's COP23 (Blog)

12/8/2017

Ten representatives from the League of Women Voters were among the 25,000 attendees from 197 countries to attend the UN's climate conference, COP23, this November in Bonn, Germany.