Being the face of your community's climate action plan brings current climate champions to the forefront. Community climate champions face unique challenges in their role as they drive forward new ideas, mobilize partners, build relationships, and make tough decisions. Community leaders must learn to recognize how important their voices — and their words — are, especially when it comes to local climate action.
Watch this recording to:
- List 3-4 qualities or strengths that you feel make you a strong leader and advocate for your community
- Identify connections between your leadership strengths and opportunities to advance climate action in your community
- Describe productive ways that you can champion climate action, overcome barriers, and support other staff and community members in advancing priorities