1. Vote
"Every election is a climate election, and every leader needs a serious plan to go fossil-free fast.

Check who funds politicians.

Vote out the ones beholden to climate destruction.

Elect those who have pledged not to take fossil fuel money."
🧵 2/5

3. Create media attention
"A free and independent press plays so many important roles, including shaping public opinion. A US study found more media coverage directly increased public concern for climate change.

For example, you can write op-eds, or work with groups organizing media-worthy actions."
🧵 4/5

4. Contact your rep🧵
"Directly contacting your elected rep­resentatives is a highly effective political strategy. But it’s under-used.

Real letters are more effective than emails.

Phone calls to your rep’s local district office, focused on your personal story related to the issue, are even more effective than writing."
5/5

Yesterday I posted a chart of climate-consumption choices. People pointed out, rightly, that focusing on individual consumption at all is not the priority.

So I asked one of the authors of the chart, Dr Kim Nicholas, for suggstions and so today I'm sharing this list of evidence-based suggestions for action that affects policy, rather than just our individual lives.

As you can imagine, I have my own take on what counts as effective action, but I think more important than my own opinions is to share work that's been done by people who study this problem.

I'm not telling you to follow these four points, I'm saying (just like with yesterday's consumption chart) that when we have this evidence added into our decision-making we can make better choices.

If we read this list of effective action *in reverse* we can also see what measures have been effective in stopping climate action, or in pushing pro-fossil action.

Corporate and fossil lobbyists are very good at generating storms of fake public opinion in the media, and they are very good at being constantly in touch with elected representatives.