The global community is increasingly becoming aware of the necessity for carbon removal as part of climate action. Climate restoration sets a goal for the future we want to achieve following the success of going net zero and adapting to our changing environment. Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal of Civic Courage, speak on why it is important both locally and globally to advocate for climate restoration and how the grassroot movements help affect policy and overall response in local communities. Sam Daley-Harris founded RESULTS, an international citizens' lobby dedicated to creating the political will to end poverty in 1980. In 1995 Daley-Harris co-founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign which surpassed its initial goal of reaching 100 million of the world's poorest families with microloans in 2007. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus said "No other organization has been as critical a partner in seeing to it that microcredit is used as a tool to eradicate poverty and empower women than RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campaign".

Daley-Harris is author of Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, which President Jimmy Carter said, "[Daley-Harris] provides a road map for global involvement in planning a better future." The 20th anniversary edition was released in September 2013.

In 2012 Daley-Harris launched Civic Courage to help organizations deeply engage their supporters and create champions in Congress and the media for their cause This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx