Learning Call on Sweden's Climate Assembly

During the spring of 2024, the FAIRTRANS research programme hosted Medborgarråd om Klimatet (MoK), Sweden’s first climate assembly and second national-level deliberative minipublic. The assembly’s remit was to deliberate and agree upon recommendations to decrease Swedish emissions in light of the Paris Agreement (with a focus on transportation). MoK had no political or administrative mandate but aimed to enrich and nuance the national discussion on climate policy through established and new media engagement . The design aimed to incorporate support for systems thinking, for example through the use of the ‘climate fresk’ game. The learning call will consider the design and outcomes of the assembly, in particular the lessons we can draw from its communications and systems thinking ambitions.

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We will be joined by Tim Daw, Associate Professor in Sustainability Science, the lead organiser of the Medborgarråd on Klimatet and Sofia Bernett, the Communications Lead, both based at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. Further contributors will be added to the line-up.

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For more background information, see the Medborgarråd om Klimatetwebsite and the KNOCA summary of the assembly.

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