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Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

… that will be needed to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change and adapt to those which are now unavoidable. In 2021 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council agreed to part fund the Citizens Jury as part of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership sponsored through funding from the National Lottery Climate Action Fund. https://www.climateassembly.uk…

… results are telling us?’ Time permitting participants also shared the pros and cons of choosing different themes and asked if they felt additional themes should be formed. A final poll was then held which revealed two clear priorities; a) low carbon energy generation b) transport. The third priority theme was tied between green spaces and natural carbon sinks, and encouraging action…

… energy generation. Commentators: Low-carbon Energy Generation Video footage of all the presentations can be found here. After hearing from all the commentators, jury members joined small groups with a commentator of their choice for two rounds of conversation. Jury members then had the final opportunity to ask the commentators questions in a large group question- and-answer session…

…. Participants then spent some time in individual silent reflection to consider any ideas they may have for low-carbon energy related recommendations before sharing and discussing these in small groups. These ideas were recorded by facilitators and sent to the jurors as a summary of ideas ahead of the recommendations writing phase of the process. At the end of the session, participants were given…

… members themselves, or by facilitators if the jury member was not comfortable in a large group question-and-answer session. Jury members then had another opportunity to go into small groups with a commentator of their choice for a final conversation. At the end of the session, participants spent some time reflecting on ideas they might have for low-carbon energy related recommendations, which…