Including 15 closely related terms such as city council, council area, and building.
… ▪ A mix of developers, private landlords, individuals, Oxford City Council and central government were felt to be primarily responsible for reducing carbon emissions in buildings. ▪ There was a perceived need for a balanced approach to decreasing emissions from buildings while simultaneously working to resolve the current affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Oxford. ▪ Assembly Members…
… and trade-offs people would be prepared to meet to deliver net zero ▪ After discussions with key stakeholders at Oxford City Council, it was decided that the Assembly should focus on five themes related to climate change which the Council had some control and influence over. These were: Waste Reduction, Buildings, Transport, Biodiversity & Offsetting, and Renewable Energy. Methodology…
… approach was adopted, whereby key quotas were set, and participants were recruited according to these using a screening questionnaire. ▪ The final Assembly Profile for both weekends can be found in the Appendix which illustrates the demographic breakdown of the Assembly Members. Stage one: Building the Oxford City Council Citizens’ Panel ▪ The Oxford City Council Citizens’ Panel…
… is an existing bespoke panel of Oxford residents recruited by Ipsos MORI, used to conduct various ad hoc research studies covering various policy areas. To create this initial panel, a random sample of 13,500 household addresses from across the city was drawn from the Postal Address File (PAF) for the Oxford City Council area and a postcard was sent inviting up to two household members to register online…
… of the presentations and panel discussions was livestreamed on Facebook and all of the slides were made available on the City Council website. ▪ The second weekend consisted of the deliberation and voting phase. Assembly Members had further group and plenary discussions around each of the themes. This culminated in a series of voting exercises on a range of topics relating to each theme. Finally, Assembly…