From a small town in South Carolina to Los Angeles County (the largest local government jurisdiction in the States), from the shores of Florida to the peaks of Wyoming and everything in between, local governments will be organizing conversations within their communities to engage all citizens at every age.

Spotlights

In an effort to highlight several key National Conversation events and invest resources to boost the visibility, effectiveness and sophistication of those efforts, we have selected 9 Spotlight Conversations:

The selected Spotlight Conversation communities will work closely with the event partners in the coming months to plan and promote events that focus on civic engagement, solutions-oriented dialogue, and local climate action. Local governments across the country were invited to submit proposals to be a Spotlight Conversation; these 10 were selected from a pool of strong proposals.

The Spotlights reflect key geographic regions, include all levels of progress on the climate action and outreach spectrum, represent communities with diverse economic and demographic characteristics, and feature sites that will be impacted differently by climate action – and inaction – because they are energy producers; coastal, flood-prone areas; and/or manufacturing dependent economies.