Innovators share what helped convince them to take climate action
Humans are driving climate change. And that means we humans can find solutions to change the trajectory. We already have many solutions.
Finding ways to address the impact of our changing climate can often feel overwhelming, especially on top of the challenges that come with modern life.
As part of covering climate change across the NPR Network, we've heard from a number of the doers — people who have taken action at every level, from local leaders to government officials and global icons.
Across those conversations, many had a clear reason why they took action, often starting close to home, and for those who've been fighting for decades, wisdom on how to keep going as we navigate what can often feel like herculean obstacles.
Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.
Badge and Lander Busse and Rikki Held
Three of 16 plaintiffs, ages 5-22, who sued Montana for promoting energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."
LISTEN: The Busse Brothers; Rikki Held
Earlier this summer, a Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 young plaintiffs — some as young as 5 — who argued that Montana was violating their constitutional requirement "to a clean and healthful environment" by aggressively pursuing fossil fuel development without considering the future impacts to the state and the world's climate.
One of the plaintiffs, Badge Busse, 15, told , "this is our land as much as it is any other people's. And we
