Green New Deal momentum helped climate policy rise in the US
Green New Deal calls gained prominence in 2018, with Sunrise activists staging a Pelosi office sit-in before Ocasio-Cortez and Markey pushed the framework.
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Green New Deal momentum helped climate policy rise in the US
Key points
- In 2018, calls for a Green New Deal gained prominence in US climate policy.
- Ocasio-Cortez and Markey pushed the Green New Deal framework in 2019.
- IPCC warned in 2018 that emissions must fall by nearly half by 2030.
- Sunrise Movement activists staged a Pelosi office sit-in endorsing the GND.
- The movement reframed climate policy as a jobs-focused clean energy plan.
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Green New Deal calls gained prominence in 2018, with Sunrise activists staging a Pelosi office sit-in before Ocasio-Cortez and Markey pushed the framework.