ClimateActionTech Salon with Bill Weihl – Why Companies Should Lobby for Climate Policy

Scientists overwhelmingly agree we need to keep warming below the critical 1.5℃ threshold to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change. To decarbonize at the speed and scale required we urgently need bold and equitable climate policy. But the debate over climate policy in the U.S. is disproportionately dominated by fossil fuel companies and their allies. Big Oil expends nearly 40% of its lobbying power to fight against climate legislation and has historically outspent pro-climate forces by a factor of 10 to 1. As a result of this asymmetry we are losing the climate war.

ClimateVoice aims to shift this imbalance of power by moving a new lever – the workforce. Their vision is that employees and students will demand climate advocacy from top employers and create a tipping point for policy change.