National Latino Coalition On Climate Change (NLCCC)
Coalición Nacional Latina sobre el Cambio Climático (NLCCC)As climate change poses significant challenges and opportunities for low-income and minority communities, three Hispanic organizations have joined forces to launch the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change (NLCCC). The National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC), the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) and the Hispanic Federation are working collaboratively to ensure that Latinos have an integral voice in the national dialogue on climate change.
A medida que el cambio climático genera importantes desafíos y oportunidades para las minorías y las comunidades de bajos ingresos, tres grandes organizaciones hispanas han unidos sus fuerzas para lanzar la Coalición Nacional Latina sobre el Cambio Climático (NLCCC).
Learn More »What Is It
Global warming is literally an increase in the Earth's average temperature, brought about by the accumulation gases that allow sunlight to enter the Earth but prevent heat from escaping it.
El calentamiento global es en si un incremento en las temperaturas medias de nuestro planeta, ocasionado en gran parte por la acumulación de gases que quedan atrapados en nuestra atmósfera e impiden que el calor escape de la Tierra una vez que los rayos del sol hayan entrado. More »How To Protect
Without decisive action to slow emissions of carbon dioxide and other major greenhouse gases, the risks of catastrophic climate change will continue to rise rapidly.
Si no tomamos acciones concretas para disminuir las emisiones de dióxido de carbono y otros gases, el riesgo inminente de una catástrofe climática crece aceleradamente debido al consumo de las enormes cantidades de combustibles fósiles More »The Community
The IPCC has identified five key vulnerabilities or reasons to be concerned about continued global climate change.
La IPCC ha identificado cinco puntos claves del cambio climático respecto de los cuales debemos estar al tanto More »Leadership
Rafael Fantauzzi, Chair
NLCCC elects a new president!
Rafael is a certified Corporate Citizenship Executive from the Boston College Carroll School of Management and a certified Executive on Corporate Governance by the Harvard Business School. He is a recent graduate of the Executive Masters in Leadership program at Georgetown University.
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News Headlines
NEW NLCCC POLL SHOWS LATINO VOTERS IN KEY STATES WANT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING ACTION, WILL VOTE ON CLIMATE
WASHINGTON, DC –According to a new poll released today, Latino voters in three key states say that climate change is a voting issue going into closely-watched mid-term elections. In Colorado, Florida and Nevada, Latino voters say they consider climate change a serious problem that demands immediate action by Congress. These three states are on the front lines of both the politics and impacts of climate change.
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