We started the Nashville training with a powerful full-circle moment as our founder @algore reflected on the legacy of “An Inconvenient Truth” in conversation with @jon.meacham . In 20 years, so much has changed. We have made real progress, and the solutions are stronger than ever. But the urgency has not gone anywhere. If anything, it has grown. And that's why the people in Nashville with us matter, because progress only happens when people step up to keep pushing it forward.
Then Kathy Mattea, Grammy-winning artist, Grand Ole Opry member, and one of the very first Climate Reality Leaders trained right here in Nashville, reminded us what it looks like to lead on climate with both her music and lyrics.
From there, the room shifted into connection. Our Welcome Gathering brought attendees together to meet, commune, and start building what comes next, with live music from @scoot_teasley , a rising country artist blending Southern storytelling with hip-hop and soul.
We're excited to see new conversations are starting. New relationships are forming. And the energy we love most at our trainings is here and undeniable.
Day Two is underway, and you can catch @browngirl_green here on IG with behind-the-scenes look at becoming a Climate Reality Leader and our training experience.
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Earth Day gives us an important opportunity to reflect on the state of our planet – our only home. Just a few weeks ago, NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis II crew shared a new image of Earth, reigniting the spirit of awe and wonder that inspired the first Earth Day. Traveling farther into space than any humans ever have, the crew looked back at our planet and captured an image as it set behind the moon. This image, called Earthset, mirrors the famous Earthrise photograph from the Apollo 8 mission that sparked the modern environmental movement more than 50 years ago.
I remember seeing the Earthrise image for the first time and feeling called upon to protect the fragile, pale blue dot we call home. I hope this new image will inspire a new generation of leaders to feel the same way. As Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch said, reflecting on her crew’s mission: "We will inspire. But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other."
Indeed, we must always choose the health and safety of the place we call home and the people we share this home with. On this Earth Day, and every day, I encourage you to commit to creating a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future for us all.
As governments and civil society prepare for the First International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta Colombia, the call for a fast, fair and financed transition is louder than ever.
Indigenous peoples, frontline communities, scientists, artists, and moral leaders emphasized the catastrophic impacts of fossil fuels at the Global Ethical Stocktake, an international dialogue series on the ethical and spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis that took place ahead of COP30. Here are some of the voices from two of the GES gatherings in North America.
🔗See the full video at the link in our bio.
Produced by the @CenterforEarthEthics , with thanks to Minister Marina Silva and Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change; COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago; UN Secretary-General António Guterres; and all participants of the GES Regional and Self-Organized Dialogues.
This is a typical day's worth of particulate pollution from major facilities in my hometown of Nashville, TN.
This tool from @climate.trace is nominated for Best Data Visualization by @thewebbyawards
Vote for Climate TRACE at the link in my bio & check out air pollution sources in your city! Voting ends today!
See pollution plumes in your city at: climatetrace.org/air-pollution
Progress in any major social movement isn’t guaranteed, it is a choice we make by coming together and demanding action.
Now is the time to become active in the largest social movement in the history of the world: the global movement for climate action. Sign up to join me and @climatereality in Nashville, TN, on May 1-2.
Registration closes April 13.
Together, we will forge the next chapter of climate action and equip you with the tools, strategies, and network to drive real change in your community.
Solving the climate crisis demands clarity, courage, and sustained commitment. Together, we will focus on science-based solutions and the transformative leadership needed to make them a reality.
Don’t miss your opportunity to help build a future powered by hope, action, and renewable energy: https://bit.ly/nashville2026 and in the link in my bio.
Twenty years ago, after the release of “An Inconvenient Truth,” I invited 50 people to gather on my family farm outside Nashville, Tennessee. We came together, empowered by science and concerned about the dangers posed by the climate crisis. We believed then, as I do now, that informed and determined citizens can help drive the transformative solutions our planet urgently needs.
That gathering was the catalyst for The Climate Reality Project.
Over the past two decades, I have watched with deep gratitude as thousands of Climate Reality Leaders stepped forward to become champions for science-based solutions, inspiring others and driving climate action around the world.
Now, 20 years later, we’re returning to Nashville, Tennessee.
On May 1–2, I invite you to join me and Climate Reality as we celebrate this milestone and recommit ourselves to the necessary work ahead. And as part of this anniversary year, we’ll also gather and train leaders in Chile and Singapore to continue building momentum worldwide.
The climate crisis demands courage and commitment. Join us in Nashville and help shape the next chapter of climate leadership.
Register here: https://bit.ly/nashville2026 or with the link in my bio.
Last year, global greenhouse gas pollution hit another record high. But if you look at @climate.trace data, you'll see there are some truly hopeful trends as well.
The incredible impact of both renewable energy and EVs has now started to break through very powerfully at scale, resulting in lower emissions in key sectors and countries. The data show that clean energy action works — we just need a whole lot more of it.
To explore the full dataset, check out ClimateTRACE.org
Reverend Jesse Jackson’s vision for society was rooted in hope. To him, hope was not a lofty, nebulous ideal of a better future, it was grounded in the reality, the hardships, and the struggles each of us experience as we walk through life. It was the freedom to shape your own destiny.
Driven by hope and fueled by his deep love for humanity and an unshakable commitment to the cause of justice, Jesse Jackson never stopped fighting for civil rights and dignity for all. I was also moved by the early role he played as an essential moral voice in the struggle against the climate crisis and environmental racism.
He and I were opponents in the 1988 presidential primaries, but in the years following that competition, we became close friends and allies. As we mourn his loss and reflect on his legacy, let his words that reverberated in the halls of the 1988 Democratic Convention reverberate in our hearts:
“Wherever you are tonight, you can make it. Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. Don’t you surrender. Suffering breeds character, character breeds faith. In the end faith will not disappoint…. Keep hope alive.”
The Trump Administration is once again trying to deny science and reality – this time, by throwing out the well-established research connecting the climate crisis to public health.
While the Trump Administration can try to ignore the climate crisis, it’s painfully clear that the climate crisis will not ignore us. Last summer, the US experienced a dozen once-in-1,000-year floods in the span of just three days. In Texas, one of those flooding events killed at least 135 people, including 37 children at summer camp.
The Trump Administration’s rollback of the endangerment finding is not only a direct assault on science, knowledge, and public health, it is an insult to the people across the country who are already coping with the disastrous consequences of climate-driven extreme weather events.
The decision to revoke the endangerment finding is one of the more egregious examples of the Trump Administration prioritizing fossil fuel profits over American lives.
Petrostates and their political allies are doing everything they can to try to stop the world from making progress on solving the climate crisis. They fiercely opposed what would have been the most important step forward at COP30: the development of a roadmap away from fossil fuels, wanting nothing more than for the world to kick the oil can down the road.
When it comes to global climate action, the COP30 consensus is the floor – the bare minimum of what the world must do – not the ceiling that limits what is possible. Despite petrostates’ attempt to veto the development of a roadmap away from fossil fuels, the Brazilian COP30 Presidency will lead an effort to develop this roadmap, bolstered by the more than 80 countries that already support the effort.
Ultimately, petrostates, the fossil fuel industry, and their allies are losing power. Just as we have passed Peak Trump, I believe we have also passed Peak Petrostate. They may be able to veto diplomatic language, but they can’t veto real-world action. Countries, companies, cities, and states worldwide are moving forward to adopt the clean energy solutions that will create jobs, grow economies, and prevent the health catastrophes associated with burning fossil fuels.
The rest of the world is fed up with delay and denial. Now is the time to forge global partnerships among all levels of government, the private sector, finance, and civil society to cultivate and achieve the level of action necessary to fulfill the promise the world made to future generations under the Paris Agreement.
We all have a role to play in solving the climate crisis.
Effective action requires us to understand the problem and how we can solve it.
That’s why I’ve recorded an updated version of my climate presentation.
Because right now, more than ever, we need clarity, connection, and courage to face this struggle.
The REALITY Tour: Online Experience is here to help you connect the dots between science, policy, and the solutions that are already having an impact.
It’s free, available in 12 languages, and made for everyone who wants to be a part of the grassroots movement to protect our communities, our future, and our planet.
We can solve the climate crisis. The future is in our hands.
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As fossil fuel facilities continue to spew more and more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the sky, they also spread massive amounts of disease-causing particulate co-pollution into the communities where they’re located — killing almost 9 million people every year. The incredible team at @climate.trace has started tracking that pollution and you can now see how it pollutes the air in 2,500 cities worldwide at climatetrace.org/air-pollution
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