2024 CCPI Application

Welcome to CCPI 2024!

Thanks for your interest in joining our third cohort of the Collegiate Climate Policy Institute! CCPI 2024 will take a new form this year! Instead of being a three day program. CCPI 2024 will be a 6 month long part-time program from October 2023-April 2024.

In the first five months, CCPI Delegates will represent their state and work remotely to build or update the Climate Policy Toolkit in your state, territory or tribal community. You will work in a remote capacity five (5) hours a week, which will include an hour long cohort meeting biweekly. Through these five months, you will work closely with the Climate Initiative’s policy manager to ensure that this toolkit contains all the necessary and most up to date policy resources that will enable youth in your community to get involved in climate policy solutions.

After an approved draft of these toolkits are completed, CCPI Delegates will converge in Washington D.C. for a three day conference in April. The first day will be focused on working in person and as a group to finalize the draft of the toolkits, getting them ready for launch and converging minds as a group to discuss what climate policy solutions and shortfalls they have found through their research of the toolkits.

The second day will consist of panel discussions with climate policy and organizing experts working in the national or international climate policy space. This will expose delegates to climate careers and allow them to learn from people working in climate policy. On the final day delegates will meet with congressional representatives and be able to advocate for climate policy issues firsthand.

CCPI Participants during congressional visits in March 2023

Please answer all questions to the best of your abilities. For the short response section, if writing is not your strong suit, feel free to answer the questions in another format, such as a slideshow presentation, a video or audio recording, or any other medium that works best for you.

Please be advised that some information used in this application will be shared with potential mentors in order to match you with a mentor most aligned with your career goals and by submitting this application you consent to your application being shared with mentors.

At TCI, we acknowledge that climate change is an equity issue with deep rooted disparities when it comes to economic, gender, social and ethnic diversity and putting our most vulnerable communities at risk. As such, we are committed to recruiting a diverse pool of participants in this program and providing financial aid to potential participants who may not have access to CCPI otherwise.

The Climate Initiative does not guarantee you will be able to meet with your state, territory or district’s senator or representative.

Completion of the program will earn delegates a CCPI Certificate of Completion. Additionally, airfare up to the cost of $600 and lodging for the duration of the in-person component will be covered by The Climate Initiative.

The application is due Friday, October 20th, 2023 at 11:59 pm!

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Name(Required)

Pronouns(Required)

Email address(Required)

Mailing address(Required)

Age(Required)

Name of Senior U.S. Senator - For example, Senator Jane Smith (R) - Alabama. If you don't have Senate representation, put N/A.(Required)

Name of Junior U.S. Senator - For example, Senator Jane Smith (R) - Alabama. If you don't have Senate representation, put N/A.(Required)

Name of Congressional Representative - For Example: Representative John Doe (D) - AZ 2nd District(Required)

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CCPI Short Response

Found below is a few short response questions. Your answers to these questions will be evaluated as a part of the selection process to be a CCPI delegate. Please follow all directions and answer to the best of your ability.

How did you hear about CCPI?(Required)

What sparked your interest in CCPI or in climate policy? Are there any relevant climate issues in your community (state, territory, tribal community, town, etc) that you are passionate about addressing? Please answer in no less than 300 words or indicate that your response will be answered in an attachment below.(Required)

Please write a short persuasive speech or letter to your congressional representative or senator. This could be to address a climate issue in your community or to advocate for a climate policy solution you hope they will support. Please answer in no less than 200 words or indicate that your response will be answered in an attachment below.(Required)

Please take a moment to review the Getting Started and State Specific Toolkits before answering the next question.

CCPI 2024 will require delegates to develop or update the climate policy toolkits in their state, territory or tribal community. Please review the getting started and the state toolkits before answering this question, even if there is not yet toolkits in your area. Developing or updating these toolkits will require policy research, narrative writing and the ability to synthesize complex legal jargon into language accessible to young people. Please explain any relevant experience or background that you think will help you in developing these toolkits. This can include prior policy research projects as well as backgrounds outside of policy, such as artistic backgrounds, a science background or firsthand knowledge coming from a frontline community. Anything you feel that will help you create resources to make climate policy accessible and engaging to youth can be included here. Please answer in no less than 300 words or indicate that your response will be answered in an attachment below.(Required)

In no less than 200 words, besides personal challenges such as lack of skill, time management or working with others, what are some obstacles you foresee in your participation in CCPI 2024, whether the development of the policy toolkit or participating in advocating congressional leaders? How do you hope to overcome them? What resources will you need to confidently participate in CCPI 2024?(Required)

Please include a one paragraph bio that we can use in promotional content. This will include: your name, your school, your current occupation, what other forms of environmental/climate work you do, and why you are interested in being a delegate to the Collegiate Climate Policy Institute.(Required)

Upload any files related to answering the questions in this or previous sections. This could be a video or audio recording, a document attachment, or any other medium you feel works best for you!

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Welcome to CCPI 2024!

Educational/Professional Background

CCPI Short Response

Please take a moment to review the Getting Started and State Specific Toolkits before answering the next question.

Optional Demographics Data Collection