Climate Progress on the Ballot Next Week, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Says

In the days before the 2024 election, marine biologist and writer Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is bringing home a simple message she says is lost in the cacophony: The climate’s fate hinges on more than who’s president. Candidates running for office across the US will be in a position to address climate change, locally, regionally, nationally — and they’re being starved for attention.

“We've been so focused on the presidential, with good reason,” she said. “We've forgotten it's our city council members and public utility commissioners and port commissioners, state reps who are making a lot of these decisions about how quickly and how justly climate solutions are being implemented.”