Including 5 closely related terms such as climate change, tackle climate, and climate change.
… locally is ‘helpful in trying to tackle climate change and what is not helpful in trying to tackle climate change? Jury members were divided into new randomly selected groups for the next activity, a chance for them to ‘dig deeper’ into the issue through the use of a problem tree. Small group facilitators prepared in advance a large illustration of the trunk and roots of a tree…
… The Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis September - December 2022 Acknowledgements Thank you to the members of the People’s Jury who placed their trust in the process and us as facilitators. This diverse, inspiring group of local people came together week after week…
… with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis, funded by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and held in 2022. Climate change is an incredibly complex problem and citizens must be at the centre of any way forward. The challenge is how to meaningfully involve the public in identifying the ideas, strategies and actions needed. The Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury is an attempt to do…
… this through inviting members of the local population to answer the question ‘What do we need to do in our homes, in business and our local area to respond to the climate change crisis?’ The People’s Jury or Citizens’ Jury, (as it is often known), is an example of a deliberative process. This report explains the process followed to deliver the jury and in their own words the conclusions…
… the climate emergency in the Blackburn with Darwen area. 5,150 letters were sent to randomly chosen addresses across the borough inviting people to join the jury, 141 people registered their interest and 32 participants were chosen to reflect the diversity of the local population, including views on climate change. The jury can be seen as a mini version of the population of Blackburn with Darwen…