CDI News

Recent Updates and Announcements

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By The Hill August 3, 2026
From The Hill: Today, we know that we do influence the weather and can do something about it. The decisions we each make every day, particularly how we use energy, influence it.
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July 27, 2026
New initiative centers small-town and rural leaders to proactively shape disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, and long-term community resilience.
May 22, 2026
For CDI, our first year at Skoll was both a milestone and an invitation: a chance to share what we are learning from communities at home, while listening to others who are asking similar questions around the world.
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image of earth fuzzy ball
By The Hill August 3, 2026
From The Hill: Today, we know that we do influence the weather and can do something about it. The decisions we each make every day, particularly how we use energy, influence it.
photo of people at wall
July 27, 2026
New initiative centers small-town and rural leaders to proactively shape disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, and long-term community resilience.
Show More
image of earth fuzzy ball
By The Hill August 3, 2026
From The Hill: Today, we know that we do influence the weather and can do something about it. The decisions we each make every day, particularly how we use energy, influence it.
photo of people at wall
July 27, 2026
New initiative centers small-town and rural leaders to proactively shape disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, and long-term community resilience.
May 22, 2026
For CDI, our first year at Skoll was both a milestone and an invitation: a chance to share what we are learning from communities at home, while listening to others who are asking similar questions around the world.
May 8, 2026
At the Climate Democracy Initiative, 2025 was a year of building foundations—not just programs, but the trust, relationships, and local leadership capacity that make lasting climate progress possible.
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April 16, 2026
Climate Democracy Initiative (CDI) will join global leaders, innovators, and changemakers at the Skoll World Forum. Let’s come together to accelerate innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
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February 13, 2026
In rescinding the Endangerment Finding and repealing motor-vehicle standards for carbon pollution, EPA has chosen to disregard Supreme Court precedent, and to ignore science and logic.
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November 26, 2025
The Climate Democracy Initiative (CDI) is proud to announce its selection as a Regional Resilience Fellow in the 2026 cohort of the Open Future Coalition, joining a global network of community-led organizations.