Frontline Action Key to COP 21 Success

Tibetans for Climate Action

By Terry Odendahl for Rachel’s Network

An environmental turning point has occurred in the United States: Shell pulled out of the Arctic, President Obama stopped the Keystone XL pipeline, and Hillary Clinton announced her opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Why has this turning point occurred? People forced it.

The official Conference of Parties meetings on climate change generally don’t include the marginalized voices our organization funds. That’s why, during the climate talks in early December, I expect to see the real momentum to address climate change coming from people taking action in Paris and around the globe.

Read my full post on the Rachel’s Network blog >>

We all have our own reasons to fight climate change. Find yours and take a stand.
Watch and be inspired by front line #YouthOnClimate in Kenya, Ecuador, and the Philippines >>

Photo: Annette Bernhardt / CC BY-SA 2.0

Terry Odendahl

Terry has spent more than 40 years working to bridge the gap between our natural and human worlds. Prior to joining Global Greengrants in 2009, Terry helmed the National Network of Grantmakers for over a decade, and later the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers. She also worked to protect public lands in the western United States as a program officer at the Wyss Foundation. An anthropologist by training, she has held faculty positions at Georgetown University, the University of California, San Diego, and Yale University. Terry’s background in anthropology and philanthropy is complemented by her expertise in gender studies. She is the co-author of four books about philanthropy and is the co-founder of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D. C., and the Institute for Collaborative Change in New Mexico.

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