Will you support Climate Action for my 35th?

*I will match all donations up to $3,500. I've selected the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) this year. Love, Ben!

You may have received a pithy e-mail making the case for why this is the decisive decade for climate action in the US and abroad. In short, I've distilled a little 10-part narrative as to why we must push harder on climate action to avoid the worst effects of climate change as we aim to reach the maximum 1.5 degree C warming of the historic Paris Agreement. I have been an environmentalist and climate-concerned since I was born in 1987. As I conclude my 35th rotation around the sun on November 30th, I hope you might consider joining me in a financial contribution. Not everyone is able, in which case I would encourage you to refer to resources like those of the Climate Reality Project or 350 Org or simply commit to sharing through your own personal narrative why climate is important to you.

1. I’m convinced, having been involved in this space for a decade now, that solving the climate crisis is the most pressing global and domestic concern we face.

2. Religious and community leaders across the world - including the most significant religious leader in the world, the Pope - have called for a groundswell of support and moral unity.

3. Climate science and human induced climate change, based on the quantum leap of carbon in the atmosphere, is as unequivocal as the laws of physics per the world’s leading scientists at NASA and the IPCC.

4. Climate impacts are being felt now, this isn’t science fiction.

5. We can pay smaller amounts now to fix the issue or pay handsomely later.

6. The developed world is responsible for the climate impacts, while much of the impacts hit the equator and poor countries first and worst.

7. We are at 1.1 degrees of warming now and currently on track for 2.5 degrees C; 2.5-3+ degrees or more would be catastrophic - we need to hit a 1.5 degrees maximum of warming if at all possible.

8. Climate change is solvable with large-scale investment and systemic policy reform.

9. We are in the decisive decade for international, UN-led climate change action. Deep progress needs to be made through 2030 to reach 2050 global goals of Net Zero.

10. We need domestic and international climate policy to be prioritized as a Top Three issue to realize systems change – it cannot be a top 20, issue at the margins. Individual action matters, you can take action by voting green, investing green, and consuming green, but we need to demand system-side policy change as a first-order action. Please share this story widely, in your own voice, however it may resonate for you.

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Clean Air Task Force, Inc, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Clean Air Task Force, Inc: CATF works to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid global development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies through research and analysis, public advocacy leadership, and partnership with the private sector.