Methane Matters: Strategic Communications for Climate Action

Sonal Jessel

Former Director of Policy

WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Sonal Jessel is the former Director of Policy at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. There, she led the New York policy team and was responsible for advancing the organization’s policy agenda at the local, state, and national levels, in addition to leading the Northern Manhattan Climate Action (NMCA) Plan and serving in the New York State Climate Justice Working Group. She works with local, city, and state leaders to advance policy changes that improve environmental health and advances a just transition, and she conducted research in energy insecurity, housing, and public health at Columbia University.

Phoebe Sweet

President

Acadia Strategies

Phoebe Sweet is the President of Acadia Strategies, a climate communications consulting firm. Her Imagepolitical career began on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s 2010 reelection campaign and she later joined the Majority Leader in Washington as his speechwriter and communications adviser. She also worked as the director of speechwriting at the Center for American Progress and led a team of communicators, pollsters, government affairs professionals, and researchers fighting the fossil fuel industry as managing director of Campaigns and Strategies at Climate Nexus.

Sarah Lazarovic

Vice President of Communications and Creative Strategy

Rewiring America

Sarah Lazarovic is the Vice President of Communications and Creative Strategy at Rewiring America, and is an artist, writer, creative director, and marketing strategist. As VP of Marketing at Clean Prosperity, she increased public support for carbon pricing and stronger climate policy. In 2021 she launched Talk Climate to Me, a climate education course that has trained thousands; in 2014, her book A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy was published by Penguin; and she has created award-winning films for Canada’s National Film Board and been an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre.

Joshua Low

Partnerships Director

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Joshua Low is the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's Partnerships Director. ImageHe leads YPCCC’s strategy for engaging and supporting the climate and clean energy advocacy, media, and education communities. Prior to YPCCC, he managed campaigns and led grasstops and grassroots organizing efforts for climate action, elected climate champions, and passed legislation that expanded clean energy access in multiple states. He has deep experience scaling supporter recruitment, managing coalitions, and leveraging multichannel communications strategies, and a passion for nurturing volunteers and empowering community leaders to lead on climate solutions.