Including the closely related term government.
… agreeing to push for 146 of them, including climate goals in the French constitution. In 2021 the Scottish Climate Assembly completed its work and recently met to produce a response to the government’s follow up to the assembly recommendations. The role of local government in addressing the climate emergency is clear. As of February 2021, 335 local authorities have declared climate emergencies…
… in the UK. In the words of the Climate Change Committee, ‘Combined authorities and local authorities are a cornerstone of climate change partnerships across the country that link key delivery organisations to deliver Net Zero. They are the closest form of government to local people and know what works best in their areas’. Citizens Assemblies and juries (smaller in size) on climate change…
… at a local government level are increasingly considered a way of ensuring that citizens are at the centre of local government responses to climate change. Learning from processes in Leeds, Kendal, Warwick , Copeland, Southwark and Lancaster (organised by Shared Future) Oxford, Camden, Newham and other similar processes, suggest that climate assemblies and juries can create a mandate for politicians…
…://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800429/BEIS_Public_Attitudes_Tracker_-_Wave_29_-_key_findings.pdf The Furness Citizens’ Jury on Climate Change 2021/22 Unfortunately, one person withdrew after session 2 and another withdrew after session 4 due to health issues. It was too late in the process to find replacements. Overall, attendance for the ten sessions…