Formally, the U.N. COP29 climate summit ongoing in Baku is a gathering of national governments negotiating the best way forward to tackle climate change. With national and global climate policy facing challenges amid political uncertainty, negotiations here have led to tough conversations without a certain outcome. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] One way to get past some of the headwinds is to focus on tackling climate change from the ground up—from cities cutting their own footprints to grassroots activists making changes in their backyards.