Climate Action Groups
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The list below pulls together climate-focused organizations across all nine Bay Area counties and Santa Cruz County. This is a place to find grassroots groups, advocacy organizations, and local chapters of national groups working specifically on climate action, decarbonization, fossil fuel phaseout, and climate justice.
We hope this list makes it easier to discover climate groups near you and learn how to get involved. These organizations work at the neighborhood, city, and county levels to push for policy change, organize communities, build public support for clean energy, and hold decision-makers accountable. Some focus on youth organizing or direct action, others on policy advocacy, coalition-building, or public education. Together, they form the backbone of local climate action in the region.
In this list, we’ve focused on organizations that center climate as their primary mission. For community-based organizations that focus on a wider range of environmental topics visit our CBO list here. If you know of a local group we should include, please reach out via our contact form.
Alameda County
- 350 East Bay – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout, clean energy, and local climate policy. >LINK
- Albany Climate Action Coalition – Local advocacy for emissions reductions and city-level climate policy. >LINK
- Berkeley Climate Action Coalition – Grassroots advocacy from a network of local organizations and community members. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project, Alameda County Squad – Policy advocacy and community organizing. >LINK
- Extinction Rebellion SF Bay – Nonviolent direct action to force urgent climate policy change. >LINK
- Oakland Climate Action Coalition – Climate action is rooted in social justice and equity. >LINK
- Sunrise Bay Area – Youth-led movement pushing bold climate policy and a fossil-free future. >LINK
- Youth vs Apocalypse – Youth-led climate justice organizing and direct action. >LINK
Contra Costa County
- 350 Contra Costa – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout, clean energy, and local climate policy. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby Contra Costa – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project, Contra Costa Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Contra Costa Climate Action Network – Coordinating grassroots groups for county climate action and relationship building. >LINK
- Contra Costa County Climate Leaders – Countywide network for measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. >LINK
- No Coal in Richmond – Campaign to stop coal transport and protect community health. >LINK
- Sunflower Alliance – Frontline campaigns against fossil fuel infrastructure expansion. >LINK
- Sunrise Movement Contra Costa – Youth-led organizing for bold local and national climate policy. >LINK
- Sustainable Contra Costa – Initiatives around green space and shade, youth education, waste reduction, and energy efficiency. >LINK
Marin County
- 350Marin – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout, clean energy, and local climate policy. >LINK
- Building Decarbonization Coalition – National advocacy for zero-emissions buildings. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Marin Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project – Marin/Sonoma Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Marin Carbon Project – Carbon farming research and soil-based climate solutions. >LINK
- Sustainable San Rafael – Organizing for emissions and waste reduction, resilience, affordable housing, and sustainability. >LINK
- Resilient Neighborhoods Marin – Community-based emissions reductions. >LINK
Napa County
- Climate Reality Project, Solano/Napa Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Napa Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Napa Climate NOW! – Local campaigns for building electrification and fossil fuel reduction. >LINK
- Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Napa Group – Climate, climate justice, and conservation advocacy. >LINK
San Francisco County
- 350 San Francisco – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout, clean energy, and local climate policy. >LINK
- Brightline Defense – Policy advocacy for climate justice and equitable decarbonization. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, San Francisco Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project, San Francisco Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Extinction Rebellion SF – Nonviolent direct action for emergency climate policy. >LINK
- Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice – Community organizing targeting environmental, social, economic, racial, and climate justice. >LINK
- Mothers Out Front San Francisco – Parent-led organizing for climate policies that protect children. >LINK
- SF Climate Emergency Coalition – Grassroots pressure for rapid fossil fuel phaseout and just transition policy. >LINK
San Mateo County
- Acterra – Climate change education and convening. >LINK
- Carbon Free Silicon Valley – Working for transition to carbon-free buildings and transportation. >LINK
- Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame – Local climate policy and youth education >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, San Mateo Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project, San Mateo Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula – Fossil fuel divestment and net zero advocacy. >LINK
- Menlo Spark – Working for net-zero city climate policy. >LINK
Santa Clara County
- 350 Silicon Valley – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout, clean energy, and local climate policy. >LINK
- Carbon Free Mountain View – Local organizing for building electrification and clean energy. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Silicon Valley East Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Silicon Valley North Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Carbon Free Silicon Valley – Working for transition to carbon-free buildings and transportation. >LINK
- Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition – Youth-led group working to reduce Palo Alto’s greenhouse gas emissions. >LINK
- Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action – Youth organizing for climate justice. >LINK
- Sunrise Movement Silicon Valley – Youth-led movement pushing bold climate policy. >LINK
Sonoma County
- 350 Petaluma – Grassroots organizing for fossil fuel phaseout and clean energy. >LINK
- 350 Sonoma – Local climate campaigns, electrification advocacy, and fossil fuel phaseout. >LINK
- Climate Reality Project, Marin/Sonoma Squad – County-level climate policy advocacy and organizing. >LINK
- Coalition Opposing New Gas Stations – Campaign to stop new gas stations and accelerate clean transportation. >LINK
- Ecology Action – Emissions reduction and clean transport programs. >LINK
- Greenbelt Alliance Sonoma – Climate-smart land use and open space protection. >LINK
- Sunrise Sonoma – Youth-led movement pushing bold climate policy and a fossil-free future. >LINK
- The Climate Center – Statewide policy advocacy for rapid, science-based climate solutions. >LINK
Santa Cruz County
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Santa Cruz Chapter – Bipartisan grassroots lobbying for carbon pricing and federal climate policy. >LINK
- Santa Cruz Climate Action Network – Grassroots coalition advocating for rapid decarbonization and local policy change. >LINK
- Sunrise Santa Cruz – Youth-led movement pushing bold climate policy and a fossil-free future. >LINK