1. In 2013, the world built more capacity for renewables than fossil fuels.
2. More than 300,000 people, representing diverse organizations, marched during the People’s Climate March in New York City this past fall.
3. Started in New York, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative shows that emissions can be lowered while wealth indicators rise – proving that a healthy economy and healthy environment are inextricably linked.
4. The organization 1 Million Women (Australia) aims to get one million women to pledge to take small steps in their daily lives that save energy, reduce waste, cut pollution and lead change.
5. Teen climate advocates, including those part of Audubon Washington’s Teen Climate Leaders, are making climate a go-to issue for the younger generation by pushing to hold lawmakers, corporations, and governments responsible for emissions.
6. Audubon is working with historically black colleges and universities in North Carolina using climate change as way to jumpstart college chapters.
7. For the first time in four decades, in 2014, the world economy grew without an associated increase in the rate of global carbon emissions.
8. Although climate change threatens more than 300 birds in North America, Audubon members are uniting to take action and save the birds we love. From the tip of Long Island to the peaks of the Sierras, our actions are making a difference.
9. Women farmers in Barbados, Grenada and Jamaica are learning more sustainable farming techniques and securing their livelihoods.
10. Americans are using 18% less oil thanks to changing habits and better cars.
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