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A common request the Lab team gets from Lab members is “big picture, tell me what works for better public engagement on climate.” This week we offer some answers to that big question, drawing on a multi-year collaboration between the Analyst Institute and the Climate Advocacy Lab.
First, some context on that collaboration. In many ways, our organizations are kindred spirits, a Hall & Oates for the world of evidence-based advocacy. We both help facilitate public engagement-related research in our respective spaces (the broader progressive community for Analyst Institute and climate and clean energy advocates for the Lab) and make the results of that and other research accessible to organizations on the ground. And we both share information with our members through a combination of in-person workshops, email updates, and members-only websites. (If you’re not already a member of the Analyst Institute, you can sign up here!)
Over the past four years, our work together has focused on learning how to mobilize people to take action on climate. In today’s alert, we’re highlighting 5 of our top recommendations based on that work.

Last week a few dozen Lab members convened in D.C. for our fifth Research + Experimentation workshop. The core of these workshops involves Lab members sharing recent field experiments and polling they’ve conducted around how to better engage Americans on climate and clean energy. Over the years, the “R&E” community has grown and diversified, piloted new initiatives to advance our collective learning capacity, and really embodied the Lab’s vision of a creative, generous, fun, and impactful movement! Read on for insights and learnings from a few of the research projects that were shared last week.

Students, young adults, and millennials are taking a leading role in movement spaces across the country,  and  the youth climate organizing community is no exception. Last week, Lab members came together for a  peer learning exchange*  to share experiences and relevant research, as well as new ideas and tactics around engaging youth on climate.  You can  watch a recording of the conversation here*  and check out  the slide deck here*.