VIDEO: Council Chair Speaks to DNC Platform Committee about the Climate Recommendations

The 2020 Democratic Party Platform will include language that says the U.S will do its “fair share” of greenhouse gas reductions to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This significant amendment improves on the 2016 platform and the original 2020 Platform Draft in two ways: it firmly commits to 1.5 degrees C; as important, it commits the U.S. to reducing its greenhouse gas pollution to fair share levels, taking into account both our capability to reduce and our responsibility for past and present emissions relative to other countries. Council Chair Michellle Deatrick introduced and advocated for this language during the Platform Committee meeting.