Climate-Safe California Pioneer Endorsers
Who they are and why they endorse the campaign
Learn about the Climate-Safe California campaign here and please join us by endorsing it here for accelerated climate action that will also catalyze efforts globally. Together we will secure a vibrant, healthy and climate-safe future for all. To see the full list of endorsers, click here.
Affiliations are for identification purposes only.
“The science supports the fact that California’s climate crisis is real with dangerous and accelerating impacts on our vulnerable populations. Climate-Safe California offers a powerful solution that will hopefully catalyze similar efforts in other states, the nation and the world.”
Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Former CA State Senator
“Climate-Safe California is the bold pathway that leads toward shared prosperity on a healthy planet – exactly what California and the world need now.”
L. Hunter Lovins
President of Natural Capitalism Solutions,
Rocky Mountain Institute Co-Founder and author
“I applaud Climate-Safe California for recognizing that solving our climate crisis requires setting the bar high enough to actually meet the challenge. I endorse this effort to keep California on that course, leading our country and the world toward climate solutions.”
Jared Huffman
U.S. Congressmember
“This is urgent and desperately needed. Also urgent is a just transition and safety net for those working in the fossil fuel industry. We must not leave people behind as seen in the coal industry.”
Carmen Ramírez.
Mayor Pro Tem City of Oxnard and public interest attorney
“[The Climate Center] has emerged as a force this year in our public policy discussions. We know that this has been a long time coming, but this campaign for a Climate-Safe California is not only crucial but it is scalable. The goal for a 2030 near term net negative emissions target is not just something we should be striving for in California, but should be pushing the next administration [in Washington] to embrace as well.”
Senator Henry Stern
California State Senator
“I strongly endorse the goal of Climate-Safe California to achieve net-negative emissions by 2030. 2050 is too late. The campaign’s focus on science, urgency, and policy is exactly what’s needed – and California must lead the way.”
Terry Tamminen
Former CAL EPA Secretary under Governor Schwarzenegger, former CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and President of Seventh Generation Advisors
“Climate-Safe California can be our reality. It puts people to work by accelerating our renewable energy, energy storage, smart-grid, and electric vehicle goals. It can and must be part of a transformation that promotes social and racial justice by investing in our disadvantaged communities.”
Daniel Kammen, PhD.
Professor and Chair, Energy and Resources Group,
Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy,
former Science Envoy for the U. S. Department of State
@dan_kammen
“Climate change is a public health crisis that impacts current and future generations.”
Venise Curry, M.D.
San Joaquin Regional Director, Communities for a New California
Board Member, The Climate Center, Fresno
“The people of California have led the way combatting climate change and developing one of the nation’s preeminent green economies. That said, as America’s most populous state, we know we must do better because climate change is catching up to us. The Golden State is the canary in the coal mine. Now more than ever, we need the Climate-Safe California initiative and I’m honored to endorse its bold vision.”
Mike McGuire
California State Senator
“No one can deny the health and safety impacts that our climate related risks are creating. Having worked as an emergency room nurse, I know that there are some things that you must do immediately to save imperiled lives. We are in a climate emergency that requires immediate and decisive actions to save lives and to protect future generations. We urge Governor Newsom to accelerate climate policy timelines now.”
Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN
Professor, University of San Francisco,
Association of Nurses for Health and the Environment
“Dealing with the climate crisis is more urgent than ever. California must accelerate its leadership and inspire the nation. I enthusiastically endorse Climate-Safe California because it’s based on science and charts the path toward solutions for sectors from agriculture to clean energy businesses.”
Mike Thompson
U.S. Congressmember
“I support Climate-Safe California because it accelerates climate action while supporting a just transition for skilled labor as essential, so that all workers can benefit from a carbon-free economy.”
Ash Kalra
California Assemblymember
“A commitment to 100% renewable energy for all sectors is the best option for California to protect public health and the environment while building a strong green economy for the future.”
Angelina Galiteva
Founder, Chair of the Board, Renewables100 Policy Institute
“Climate change is here. It is now. The Climate Center offers the best roadmap to get us where we need to be in the next few years. We need a carbon descent plan, and we need it now. Climate-Safe California is just such a plan.”
Ed Begley Jr.
Actor and environmentalist
“The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates quite clearly we can no longer allow anti-science zealots to deny well-founded climate science research, and must act urgently to prevent a larger global disaster.”
Anthony Molina, M.D.
Fresno
“Can a local organization make a difference in the gigantic global crisis of climate change? In this case, the answer is clearly YES! The Climate Center is one of the most effective leaders in the state on climate. I am proud to support and endorse their ambitious and necessary Climate-Safe California campaign.”
Laney Thornton
Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation
“I endorse Climate-Safe California because it leads to the greenhouse gas reductions mandated by the most current scientific evidence, and because it is designed to unleash business innovation to help solve the climate crisis, the world’s most pressing issue..”
John “Mac” McQuown
Director, Dimensional Fund Advisors,
entrepreneur, environmentalist, and philanthropist
“The climate crisis is already impacting California residents on an economic basis that is not sustainable. Climate-Safe California advances legislation that leverages the technology and innovation necessary to combat climate change and reduce GHG emissions.”
Catherine Von Burg
CEO and President, SimpliPhi Power, Inc.
“The Climate Center’s suite of decarbonization policies are all required to stay below 2°C (3.6°F) warming and avoid dangerous climate chaos. We need aggressive, equitable policies in place now so society can transition to a fossil-fuel-free economy as quickly and safely as possible.”
Carl Mears, PhD.
UN climate scientist and Director,
Board Member, The Climate Center
“The Climate Center’s platform is a win-win for people and the planet. It will rapidly jumpstart an economy in peril while beginning the process to reverse the climate crisis.”
Efren Carrillo
Board President, The Climate Center,
former Supervisor, County of Sonoma
“Building livable, sustainable and equitable communities requires accelerating climate policy timelines, state support of local government mitigation and resilience efforts, and engaging local communities. We strongly support the urgent goals of Climate-Safe California. We must act as though our future depends on it. It does.”
Kate Meis
Executive Director,
Local Government Commission
“From drought to wildfires, the past ten years have shown us that California can’t waste a moment on plans and policies that will leave any of us behind. Climate-Safe California exemplifies the aggressive and bold initiative we need to secure the future for all Californians, and is setting an example for the nation and the rest of the world to follow.”
Sonaar Luthra
CEO, Water Canary
“Catastrophic challenges require bold, visionary solutions. The Climate-Safe California Platform is such a solution.”
Warner Chabot
Executive Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute
“I strongly support Climate-Safe California. It’s time to take meaningful action on the climate crisis and shift to a 2030 time frame. Our communities and our children deserve no less.”
David Chiu
California Assemblymember
