POLICY & POLITICS
WORKING GROUP

The FCAC Politics and Policy working group works to identify opportunities to achieve real steps towards climate action institutionalized through legislation at the local and state level. This work involves considering key policies to advocate for, building relationships with legislators to suggest and move policies forward into reality, and keeping an eye on elections and political opportunities to raise the prominence and possibility of climate policy in our community.

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celebrations:

  • We organized hundreds of community members over the course of over 5 years to finally pass the Fairbanks North Star Borough Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, first prompted via resolution in 2019 and then started in earnest in 2022, passed in June of 2024.

  • We drove community engagement in the public feedback process for the Climate Action Plan, helping to ensure that the plan is ambitious and intersectional enough to truly represent a step forward for climate justice.

  • We launched FCAC’s first major get out the vote efforts with the creation of the FCAC PEP team (People Empowering People to get to the polls), focusing on connections with trusted local messengers, leadership development, and building voter engagement infrastructure for the long-term.

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What we learned over 5 years of organizing for the People’s Climate Plan
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What we learned over 5 years of organizing for the People’s Climate Plan
Policy and Politics

Last month, we got to see the fruit of over 5 years of concerted organizing when we stayed up until 2am to finally witness the passage of the FNSB Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. It’s a reminder that when we organize strategically around a long term vision - we win. This win was not simple, and it was not easy. It is a testament to the hard work of many community members over the course of years, and we want to take a moment to acknowledge what it took to get here, and what we’ve learned in the process.

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