Green New Deal momentum helped climate policy rise in the US
They published'Drops in the ocean can make waves': How the grassroots climate movement took off in the US
First reportLive Science · 9 Sept, 08:55Z
Latest reportLive Science · 9 Sept, 08:55Z
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Why it matters
What
Green New Deal calls gained prominence in 2018, with Sunrise activists staging a Pelosi office sit-in before Ocasio-Cortez and Markey pushed the framework.
Why
The movement recast climate policy as a jobs-focused clean energy plan after the IPCC urged nearly halving emissions by 2030.
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The Green New Deal framework’s continuing role in US climate policy is the next point to monitor.
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Summary
- In 2018, calls for a Green New Deal gained prominence in US climate policy.
- Ocasio-Cortez and Markey pushed the Green New Deal framework in 2019.
- IPCC warned in 2018 that emissions must fall by nearly half by 2030.
- Sunrise Movement activists staged a Pelosi office sit-in endorsing the GND.
- The movement reframed climate policy as a jobs-focused clean energy plan.