In this commentary article Alina Averchenkova, Oleksandra Plyska and Jens Wahlgren discuss how political voices and coalitions can help address environmental problems by raising citizens’ concerns and holding governments accountable. Read more
Citizens Assembly
The UK Government’s keenly anticipated Net Zero Strategy is due to be published ahead of COP26 and one aspect for evaluation will be whether the Strategy offers a coherent plan on behaviour and engagement, says Rob Macquarie. Read more
Through a comparative case study of two processes that ran in the UK in 2019 (the Leeds Climate Change Citizens’ Jury and the Oxford Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change), this paper investigates how far citizen assemblies and juries are increasing citizen engagement on climate change and creating more citizen-centred climate policymaking. Read more
Nick Robins and Ciara Shannon suggest a green recovery plan from COVID-19 for the northern English county of Cumbria now that its council is reviewing its controversial decision to open a new colliery. Read more
The UK Climate Assembly’s recent report has revealed appetite among the public for an increase in the pace and scale of action to reach net-zero. Beyond the wide range of recommendations put forward by the Assembly, much can be learnt too from the process itself, argues Sophie Dicker. Read more