Climate activists are calling on the Democratic National Committee to make climate change the sole f

Climate activists are calling on the Democratic National Committee to make climate change the sole focus of at least one of its 12 planned presidential primary debates, and activists will be presenting petition signatures to the DNC headquarters this Wednesday.

Having a dedicated climate debate is crucial, but a Media Matters study found that only 1.5% of debate questions in the 2016 presidential primaries were about climate change. As the climate crisis worsens, it is imperative that the public knows what candidates propose to do to move us toward a clean economy and a stable, livable climate.