policy and 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.

The climate plan makes a comeback

Climate plan in the news

FNSB Assembly passes Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Patrick Gilchrist, KTVF
June 28, 2024

Assembly resolution seeks to revive climate action plan

Jack Barnwell, Fairbanks Daily Newsminer
June 13, 2024

After much turmoil last year, the FNSB Climate Action Plan got another chance this summer. The Borough Assembly reintroduced the plan, in close to its original form, and passed it on June 27th, 2024.

We’re so grateful to these Assembly members for listening to the people, like we demanded a year ago, and finally passing the people’s climate plan. And we’re so proud of our community for the years of work they’ve put into getting us here. This is a win worth celebrating.

Click below to learn more about the Climate Action Plan and how we got here.

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recent 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.