Climate Corps: Skills-Based Training to Combat the Climate Crisis

March 2024
Citation:
54
ELR 10195
Issue
3
Author
Marianne Lavelle, Ken Goodson, Rola Halawanji, and Jake Pollack

Last September, the Biden Administration announced the American Climate Corps, a workforce training and service initiative with the goal of giving young people skills-based training for careers in the clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience sectors. The initiative will offer 20,000 Americans paid training in a variety of environmental fields, specifically prioritize equity and environmental justice, and collaborate with federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal, state, and local governments. On November 29, 2023, the Environmental Law Institute hosted a panel of experts to discuss the American Climate Corps program and existing climate corps programs across the country. This Dialogue presents a transcript of that discussion, which has been edited for style, clarity, and space considerations.

Marianne Lavelle (moderator) is a reporter and writer for Inside Climate News. Ken Goodson is National Director of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. Rola Halawanji is Program Director of Bay Area Community Resources’ California Climate Action Corps. Jake Pollack is a Senior Director at Strategic Energy Innovations.

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