Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… This is the report of the Southwark Citizens’ Jury on Climate Change, a deliberative process commissioned by Southwark Council as part of its work to support the borough to address the climate emergency and achieve net-zero by 2030. Climate change is an incredibly complex problem. Clearly, citizen voices must be at the centre of any solutions. The challenge is how to meaningfully involve the public…
… later, after some thirty hours of discussion, learning, listening, challenging, arguing, sharing, and deliberating, they produced a set of twenty recommendations on how to address the climate emergency in the borough of Southwark. Earlier in the year, invitation letters were sent to randomly chosen addresses across the borough inviting people to join the jury, with a target of at least twenty…
… of designing and delivering similar juries and assemblies across the country. Introduction Councillor Helen Dennis Councillor Dennis is the Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development for Southwark Council. “What needs to change in Southwark to tackle the emergency of climate change fairly and effectively for people and nature?” ‘As the Cabinet Member…
… responsible for the Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development, this question is very much at the forefront of my mind, as we seek to implement our Climate Emergency declaration and work towards our ambition of being a carbon neutral borough by 2030. We set up the Citizens’ Jury, as a core plank of our response, because we know that we need to draw on all of the ideas and expertise that exists…
… this summer, but the synergy is already there, as is the political will to turn their recommendations into action. This agenda is not without its challenges. The financial challenge is real and significant – with our own council action-plan estimating the capital cost of decarbonisation at £3.92bn. No core funding for the Climate Emergency, revenue or capital, is currently available from central…