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The Glasgow Actions Team formed in a moment of crisis. 

In 2021, the United Nations was set to convene its first international climate conference since the outbreak of COVID-19 — but the world and civil society were still reeling. With some of the most important world voices unable to attend, the Glasgow Actions Team pulled together long-time veterans of the climate movement to ensure decisionmakers would not be able to meet without those voices being heard and the full pressure of climate justice movement applied. 

Shoulder to shoulder with social movements from around the world, Glasgow Actions protests blanketed the international press with clear demands for climate justice — building demand among the public and making pressure on decisionmakers unavoidable. 

The conference was a step in the right direction, resulting in a deal putting the world on the trajectory to ending international public financing for fossil fuels. Nearly 40 nations and financial institutions signed on to the deal, which if implemented, is estimated to switch $18 billion worth of investment from fossil fuels a year to clean energy, helping countries remain consistent with a 1.5°C warming limit and the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

But there is still more work to do. Since 2021, Glasgow Actions has continued to push decisionmakers at every level to go further to solve the climate crisis — from leading coalitions to pass the landmark Inflation Reduction Act in the United States, to pushing the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to put the full weight of their institutions behind a plan to keep warming below 1.5 C. 

Their work calling out the blockers, exposing the deniers, and pushing climate champions to go further consistently receives top-tier media coverage in the pages and social feeds of the BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, the Financial Times, and other A-list global media outlets.

Glasgow Actions Team was founded by Andrew Nazdin, a long-standing veteran of the climate justice movement.