Climate 200: Fighting for science-based climate policy

We level the playing field.

We back local communities who want to ditch stale politicians and elect fresh independent voices instead.

Taking on major parties is hard. So at the upcoming federal election, we’re raising funds to support up to a dozen underdog candidates who stand for cleaning up politics and following the science on climate change.
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Together, we can make it happen.

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We wish money
didn’t matter in politics,
but it does 💰

Major parties can spend over $1m campaigning in a single electorate (there are 151). Often it’s polluting coal, oil, and gas companies writing the cheques. And then there's the pork barreling, rorts, taxpayer-funded ads... and Clive Palmer, who spent $89m to manipulate the last election!

No wonder Australian Parliament has been unable to tackle climate change. But there’s hope.

Something incredible happened last election.

In Sydney, local Independent Zali Steggall took on Tony Abbott and won. Fellow independent Helen Haines was elected in Indi, and Kerryn Phelps came within a few thousand votes of retaining Wentworth.

In Parliament, Helen introduced an Integrity Act to create a federal anti-corruption commission. Zali introduced a Climate Act that was endorsed by climate scientists and the business community. Both are just a few votes short of becoming law.

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We know this plan can work.

At the 2019 Federal Election, Climate 200 raised nearly $500,000 and backed 12 values-aligned candidates, including Helen Haines, Kerryn Phelps, Rebekha Sharkie, Julia Banks, and Oliver Yates.
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The experience taught us a lot.

It taught us how to spot communities that can take on political Goliaths and win. It also taught us that we need to aim higher this election, because some campaigns were so badly outspent by their major party opponents.
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That's why we're asking you to join us.

Every dollar you give goes to support local campaigns and candidates.

Climate 200's administrative costs are covered by a small group of founding donors. They pay for our small team of strategists, whose job it is to maximise the impact of your contribution by finding and supporting the most strategic campaigns and the most strategic ways to help them.

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Welcome to

We level the playing field.

We wish money
didn’t matter in politics,
but it does 💰

Something incredible happened last election.

A critical tipping point is within reach at the upcoming federal election.

We know this plan can work.

Every dollar you give goes to support local campaigns and candidates.

The next federal election could be as early as November.

Your contributions now mean that grassroots community campaigns can turbocharge their preparations.

Welcome to

We level the playing field.

We wish money didn’t matter in politics, but it does 💰

Something incredible happened last election.

A critical tipping point is within reach at the upcoming federal election.

We know this plan can work.

Every dollar you give goes to support local campaigns and candidates.

The next federal election could be as early as November.

Your contributions now mean that grassroots community campaigns can turbocharge their preparations.

We wish money
didn’t matter in politics,
but it does 💰