Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- For a full report of COP 26 (November 2021) see https://enb.iisd.org/Glasgow-Climate-Change-Conference-COP26
- At the COP 26 venue, a number of side agreements on coal, oil, methane, forests, zero-emissions vehicles and finance were made among governments, businesses and civil society. Since the U.S. did not join all of them, you can take action using the information here.
Carbon Emissions
- Carbon emissions: how we measure, account for emissions and reduce them
- Taxes: taxing carbon emissions that we don’t want and developing emissions-free energy
- Emissions Limits: strengthen emissions limits through legislation such as RCW 70.235
Transportation Options (e.g. electrified transportation such as electric vehicles and railroads)
- Electrification of railroads, long-haul freight: Solutionary Rail
- Electrification of vehicles, charging stations: Electric Highway
- Mass transit: funding buildout of light rail and electric buses
Building Efficiency
- Refit older buildings: building codes
Energy
- Renewable Energies: wind, solar and geothermal; role of hydroelectricity
- Shutdown of coal generation plants: Colstrip, MT, Centralia, WA
- Renewable energy portfolios: raise to 100% in the Clean Power Plan
- Community Solar: use of rooftops of nonprofit organizations such as churches (https://www.solarwa.org/community_solar)