The Climate Jobs National Resource Center (CJNRC) is a national non-profit organization that supports and coordinates a network of union-led climate jobs coalitions united around a shared goal of combating climate change while reversing income inequality.
We believe the labor movement must lead on the fight for climate action. Our coalitions are organizing to build a renewable, equitable, and worker-centered economy that protects our planet and sustains working people.
Global warming produced by human activity has destabilized our climate and led to a staggering onslaught of bigger, more destructive wildfires, powerful storms and hurricanes, extended droughts, extreme heat and cold events, and global disease outbreaks.
The climate crisis threatens where we live, work, and play as well as the inhabitability of our planet and calls for immediate action.
Over the next three years, we propose creating Climate Jobs organizations in 11 additional states that have strong political leadership, a strong labor presence, and elected officials who are committed to making progress on climate change and reducing inequality.
CJNRC will work with each state table to identify the most fruitful avenues for climate action in each state in terms of maximizing emissions reductions, which could include strengthening state renewable portfolio standards, launching building retrofit initiatives for residential, commercial, and/or public buildings, expanding public transit infrastructure, making new investments in wind and solar, or improving energy efficiency at industrial and commercial spaces.