Including the closely related term climate emergency.
…, notably through the rapid spread of climate emergency declarations and the wider adoption of ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions rapidly in the coming decade. Delivering on these commitments could require changes that could transform the city that we live in. Although many people in the climate world see this as progress, we need to be careful in assuming that everyone buys into what…
… Climate Conversation and the other engagement work we are doing, will help to shape our local action plan to tackle the climate emergency.” Cllr Lisa Mulherin: Executive Board Member for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainable Development, Leeds City Council Leeds Climate Change Citizens’ Jury November 2019…
… 6 On March 27th 2019, Leeds City Council declared a Climate Emergency. The motion passed by Council stated ‘it is important for the residents of Leeds and the UK that cities commit to carbon neutrality as quickly as possible’. This development came on the back of the formation of the Leeds Climate Commission (2017), informed by the work of the UK Committee on Climate Change…
… aims to complement the work of Leeds City Council’s Big Leeds Climate Conversation. What is a Citizens’ Jury? Responding to the climate emergency is the biggest challenge for policymakers in modern times. Designing processes to ensure that citizen voice is at the centre of such policies is equally daunting. All too often the role of the citizen is at best relegated…
… to put citizens at the centre of designing a response to the climate emergency. Twenty-five randomly selected residents from across the city region were recruited to answer the question ‘What should Leeds do about the emergency of climate change?’ Over eight evening sessions and a Sunday between September and November, participants heard from a range of ‘witnesses’ as well as sharing…