KNOCA is mapping local and regional climate assemblies across Europe.
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Panel Citoyen sur le climat
April 24th, 2021 – Wallonia, Belgium
In Wallonie, regional authorities have gathered a panel of 50 citizens. The panel will get together over a period of 6 months, during which they will come up with suggestions for the regional climate policy towards 2030.
Attendants: 50
Read moreGreve Kommune Klimaborgersamling
January 2022 – April 2022 – Greve Strand, Denmark
The City Council of Greve is behind this local citizens’ assembly, which has been tasked with identifying ways to strengthen synergies between local actors and systems, so that C02-emissions may be minimized.
Attendants: 36
Read moreLa Convention citoyenne locale pour le climat d’Est Ensemble
September 2021 – January 2022 – Île-de-France, France
This assembly has been tasked with discussing five topics; Housing, Food and Consumption, Transport, Work and Production, and Commitment to Change. The assembly will meet across 5 weekends.
Attendants: 100
Read moreThe Frankfurt Democracy Convention 2021: 'Frankfurt macht (Klima)Politik'
October 2021 – November 2021 – Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
The Frankfurt Democracy Convention is an annual democratic citizens’ forum, which for its’ second edition will have 60 local citizens convene on ways for the city to tackle climate protection.
Attendants: 60
Read moreThe Frankfurt Democracy Convention 2021: 'Frankfurt macht (Klima)Politik'
October 2021 – Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
The Frankfurt Democracy Convention is an annual democratic citizens’ forum, which for its’ second edition will have 60 local citizens convene on ways for the city to tackle climate protection.
Attendants: 60
Read moreBonn4Future – Klimaforum
September 2021 – June 2022 – Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
As part of larger, local climate initiative, Bonn4Future, a series of climate forums has been set in motion. Here, local climate challenges and measures will be identified, informing a local climate action plan.
Attendants: 100
Read moreBonn4Future – Wir fürs Klima
September 10th, 2021 – Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
As part of larger, local climate initiative, Bonn4Future, a series of climate forums has been set in motion. Here, local climate challenges and measures will be identified, informing a local climate action plan.
Attendants: 100
Read moreKlímavészhelyzet van – mit tegyen Budapest?
September 2020 – Budapest, Hungary
In September of 2020 the city of Budapest and 50 of its’ residents held a local assembly, deliberating on the goals the city should set for itself when dealing with climate change, as well as how to achieve them.
Attendants: 50
Read moreKrakowski panel klimatyczny
April 2021 – June 2021 – Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
The Krakow Climate Panel focused on the city’s climate neutrality through its’ central question: How can the City of Krakow and its residents reduce energy consumption and increase the use of renewable energy?
Attendants: 60
Read morePoznański Panelu Obywatelskiego
February 2021 – May 2021 – Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
In the city of Poznan, 70 citizens were gathered to discuss both how should the city should adapt its’ green areas to the changing climate, and if the city should abandon coal burning in households.
Attendants: 70
Read moreAdur & Worthing Climate Assembly
September 2020 – December 2020 – England, United Kingdom
Across 5 sessions, the Council of Adur & Worthing assembled citizens and had them address issues of how the region could collectively tackle climate change, as well as what it would mean for the local way of life.
Attendants: 43
Read moreBlackpool Climate Assembly
January 2021 – February 2021 – Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
As a response to the declared climate emergency, the city of Blackpool had its’ own climate assembly in early 2021, spanning 4 sessions. At the same time, a parallel youth climate assembly was also ran.
Attendants: 40
Read moreBlaenau Gwent Climate Assembly
March 2021 – Wales, United Kingdom
Four housing associations organized this assembly with the help from local authorities, exploring how the climate should be tackled locally through discussions on sub-themes such as housing, nature and transport.
Attendants: 45
Read moreBrent Climate Assembly
November 2019 – December 2019 – England, United Kingdom
The London Borough of Brent convened a climate assembly over two months in 2019. The results of their deliberations were brought to local politicians and informed a new local plan for tackling climate change.
Attendants: 53
Read moreThe Brighton and Hove Climate Assembly
September 2020 – November 2020 – England, United Kingdom
Across 5 sessions, the Brighton & Hove climate assembly looked at transport, one of the city’s biggest sources of carbon emissions – and in particular in how emissions could potentially be reduced.
Attendants: 50
Read moreCamden Council’s Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Crisis
July 2019 – England, United Kingdom
The London Borough of Camden convened a climate assembly in the summer of 2019. The results of their deliberations were brought to local politicians and informed a new local plan for tackling climate change.
Attendants: 50
Read moreCroydon Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change
January 2020 – February 2020 – Croydon, England, United Kingdom
The London Borough of Croydon convened a climate assembly, in which discussion revolved around the roles that individuals, communities and the Council could play to tackle the climate crisis, together.
Attendants: 72
Read moreThe Devon Climate Assembly
June 2021 – July 2021 – England, United Kingdom
Following an interim ‘Carbon Plan’, which outlined necessary steps if Devon is to reach climate neutrality by 2050, a local partnership in Devon gathered an assembly to deliberate on issues that still needed resolving.
Attendants: 70
Read moreLambeth's Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change
May 2021 – July 2021 – England, United Kingdom
Following an open call for residents to identify organizations and initiatives already tackling climate change, an assembly was formed with the intent of coming up with local solutions and recommendations.
Attendants: 50
Read moreJersey Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change
March 2021 – May 2021 – Jersey
Across 16 sessions divided into 4 blocks, the assembly was introduced to the climate issues facing Jersey, after which they deliberated the islands’ own contributions and devised recommendations for policy change.
Attendants: 45
Read moreNewham Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change
February 2020 – England, United Kingdom
To bring together the council of Newham and its’ citizens on the issue of climate change, an assembly was tasked to deliberate how residents and the council could work together to be carbon neutral in 2050.
Attendants: 36
Read moreNorth of Tyne Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change
February 2021 – March 2021 – Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
In early 2021, an online climate assembly was held in North of Tyne. Here, 50 citizens spent 30 hours over the span of a month gaining insights and deliberating on aspects of climate change and the local response.
Attendants: 50
Read moreOxford Citizens Assembly on Climate Change
September 2019 – October 2019 – Oxford, England, United Kingdom
With this assembly, Oxford became the first UK city to hold a citizens assembly on climate change to help address the issue of climate change, and consider the measures that should be taken in Oxford.
Attendants: 42
Read moreConvention citoyenne pour l'Occitanie
September 2020 – October 2021 – Toulouse, Occitanie, France
The assembly met for two three-day sessions, and a concluding day. It drafted proposals related to local environmental action, social justice measures and new democratic practices. The region’s inhabitants were then invited to vote on some of these proposals to select their priorities for the regional Green New Deal.
Attendants: 100
Read moreRouen citoyenne
January 2022-March – Glisolles, Normandie, France
For three weekends, the citizens’ assembly prepared recommendations for the city council to adapt the city to the climatic, health and industrial risks it will face in the decades to come. The mayor has undertaken to create a permanent assembly to monitor their implementation.
Attendants: 30
Read moreConvention citoyenne métropolitaine pour le climat de Grenoble
March 2022 – October 2022 – Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The Convention will meet at least once a month to issue recommendations on how to reduce GHG emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Those that fall within the scope of competence of the Metropolis will be submitted to the vote of the metropolitan council and could lead to a citizen vote in 2023.
Attendants: 150
Read moreVorarlberg Klima-Zukunft
July 6th 2021 – Vorarlberg, Austria
Inspired by the Vorarlberg approach
Attendants: 21
Read moreUmgang mit Grund und Boden
22nd-23rd of September 2017 – Vorarlberg, Austria
This mini-public was the first of its kind in Vorarlberg. It was bottom-up initiated by a group/network of people focusing on soil and land. They collected almost 1400 signatures (1000 needed), handed it to the regional government, which then had to commission a mini-public (Bürgerrat) on this topic. The organization was handed to the the “Büro für Zukunftsfragen” and the department “Raumplanung und Baurecht” – in consultation with the initiating group. Thus, professional facilitation for the 27 randomly selected citizens (representative criteria based) was guaranteed (dynamic facilitation as key method). Two key questions were at the center of this mini-public: How can a diligent and forward-looking handling of land and soil look like? How can future generations find a healthy and sustainable living space as well, which satisfies todays’ needs? A set of recommendations was created (consultative process), focusing on what citizens think is needed for the future planning on soil and land. Although many suggestions were formulated in the end, they can summarized in three clusters: (1) affordable housing, (2) keep natural space and (3) agriculture. Eventually, these recommendations were presented at a Bürgercafé (Citizens Café) in front of politicians and citizens and afterwards discussed for further implementation within a “stakeholder meeting” (Resonanzgruppe), including politicians, citizens, initiators of the mini-public, participants of the mini-public, stakeholders and civil servants.
Attendants: 27
Read moreIda-Viru Climate Assembly
November- December 2021 – Ida-Viru County, Estonia
The first Estonian climate assembly brought together young people aged 16-29 to discuss the climate friendly future scenarios of Ida-Virumaa, an industrial region of Estonia known for its shale oil production.
Attendants: 40
Read moreTartu's Climate Assembly on Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility
April-May 2022 – Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia
The Tartu Climate Assembly will take place to invite citizens to discuss the question “How can we make urban spaces of Tartu safer and more attractive?”. The results will be an input for local the government’s development plans in the next 3 years.
Attendants: 55
Read moreGreater Cambridge Citizens' Assembly
2019 – Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 53
Read moreSmart energy and transport changes in Berlin's city districts
2014 – Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Attendants: 88
Read moreLubin City Citizens' Panel
2018 – Lubin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Attendants: 60
Read moreCopeland People's Panel on Climate Change
July-November 2021 – England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 30
Read more(E-)Skånepanelen
2014-2020 – Skåne, Varmland County, Sweden
info about Skånepanelen:
Skånepanelen is a citizen panel and an online survey where citizens in the region are consulted every year on issues related to health care, regional development and climate issues. The purpose is to gain greater insight into citizens’ knowledge, expectations and attitudes on public services provided by the region. The panel was organized by the region of Skåne and was first used in 2013 and in 2018 it consisted of 3000 participants (the number varies year to year, between 3000 and 5000 participants). Participants (referred to as “Members of the citizen panel”) is selected randomly but must be residents in Skåne and at least 16 years old. Skånepanelen is claimed to be the largest citizen panel in Sweden. Response rate vary between 73-87 per cent. The survey is often combined with focus groups and face-to-face meetings with citizens and, thus, part of a broader strategic initiative “Open Skåne 2030”, to include citizens in the policy making process
A European Town Meeting on climate change
November 15, 2008 – Tuscany, Italy
This mini-public was supported by Tuscany Region, Cornellà de Llobregat and Poitiers. The town meeting was held in five Tuscany cities and two other cities, one located in Spain (Cornellà de Lobregat) and one in France (Poitiers). 600 young citizens from the 8 cities were selected. The event also includes two virtual roundtables composed by young citizens from around Europe. The main issue at stake was the climate change the actions to prevent it. Session 1: Which energies for tomorrow’s Europe? Session 2 How to reduce our energetic consumption? Session 3: Waste. Session 4: Mobility. Session 5: which strategies to promote Eolic energy?
Attendants: 600
Read moreLandscape Town Meeting
2010 – Tuscany, Italy
After having adopted a landscape plan, including territorial safeguards, the Region of Tuscany intended to have a public debate with citizens and professional, scientific, and field experts before final approval of the plan, on the basis of their participatory laws (L.R.69/2007). The Town Meeting took place on February 6th, 2010. It was a milestone along a road which concluded on February 19th, 2010 with the “General States of Landscape” in which the results of this experience were discussed. The work of the Town Meeting day was elaborated on in a report. The February 6th 2010 Town Meeting took place in five places simultaneously which constituted important locations, from the point of view of the Tuscan landscape: Castelnuovo Berardenga; Cortona; Orbetello; Piombino; Prato. They debates centered around two principal themes: (1) which are the most important characteristics of a landscape? that is, which should be protected or, when they disappear or are damaged, should be reconstructed? (2) what needs to happen to preserve (or rebuild) the Tuscan landscape’s quality?
Attendants: 150
Read moreJury citoyen sur le devenir des zones rurales
19th May-25th June 2006 – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The region Rhône-Alpes convened a mini-public of 38 participants to discuss the future of rural areas, and so in the framework of an European consultation on rural world. The meetings took place over three weekends (May-June 2006). The minipublic took place at the same time as other minipublics in several European countries. Some of the participants participated in an additional European minipublic in Brussels in 2007.
Attendants: 38
Read moreAtelier citoyen surle climat
15th of April- July 2011 – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
In 2011, the region Rhône-Alpes convened 35 randomly drawn residents to discuss issues related to regional policies to fight against global warming. Participants gathered during 3 weekends from April until July. They were expected to provide answers to the following question: what policy instruments should the region use in order to achieve a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on the short run (2020) and long run (2050)? Upon their final meeting, participants wrote a report with policy recommendations.
Attendants: 35
Read moreClimate Change citizens’ summit
March 2007 – United Kingdom
Six regional workshops held during in late March and early April 2007. The workshops were designed to reach 28 -29 people each from a range of urban and rural locations: a maximum total of 174 participants. Participants were recruited to provide a demographically representative sample of the region in terms of age, gender, black and minority ethnic and socio-economic status, and a range of consumer typologies based on attitudes and behaviour on climate change. The workshops were held in Bristol, Birmingham, London, Newcastle, Nottingham and Manchester. Each workshop ran for three hours in the evening (6.30pm to 9.30pm). A reconvened event (the Citizens’ Summit) to which all participants in the regional workshops were invited; 152 public participants attended.It built on the process and outputs from the regional workshops, and the same participants were invited.The public engagement programme was designed, as part of the draft Climate Change Bill consultation process, to: (1) help government design policy to maximise positive individual behaviour on climate change (2) drive awareness, information and debate on climate change.
Attendants: 29
Read moreConférence citoyenne sur les déchets ménagers
25th of March-21st of May 2008 – France
This mini-public on the management of household waste was convened by the region Île de France in 2008. Participants met three times on weekends (two training sessions and one final session during which they auditioned external speakers and wrote a final report).
Attendants: 25
Read moreÉvaluation participative de projets liés à la transition énergétique – Nantes Métropole
2017 – Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Attendants: 50
Read moreThe first Gdansk Citizens' Panel
2016 – Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Attendants: 63
Read moreThe second Gdansk Citizens' Panel
2017 – Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Attendants: 56
Read moreCitizens' summit on regional development
2007 – Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Attendants: 167
Read morePlan régional de prévention et de gestion des déchets » Région Centre-Val-de-Loire
2017 – Saint-Laurent-Nouan, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Attendants: 34
Read moreLeeds Climate Change Citizens’ Jury
November 2019 – Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Leeds Climate Change Citizens Jury was commissioned by the Leeds Climate Commission. We at Shared Future were privileged enough to be invited to organise and facilitate the process. Project design was overseen by a project oversight panel made up of a hugely diverse group of key local organisations from the City Council to Extinction Rebellion and youth climate strikers to the Chamber of Commerce. They met parallel to the Citizens’ Jury to agree how best to recruit the participants and who the commentators or expert witnesses should be that present to the jury.
Attendants: 25
Read moreLancaster District People’s Jury on Climate Change
February 3rd 2020 – Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 31
Read moreKendal Citizens Jury on Climate Change
July-October 2020 – Kendal, England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 20
Read moreWarwick District People’s Climate Change Inquiry
November 2020- February 2021 – Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 30
Read moreFurness Climate Change Citizens’ Jury
16 November, 2021 – 8 February, 2022 – England, United Kingdom
Attendants: 20
Read moreThe Southwark Climate Change Citizens’ Jury
25 November, 2021 – 22 January, 2022 – England, United Kingdom
The jury saw 25 local citizens consider the question, ‘What needs to change in Southwark to tackle the emergency of climate change fairly and effectively for people and nature?’
Attendants: 25
Read moreFinland’s Citizens’ jury on climate actions
22-25 April, 2021 – Finland
Consultations and surveys commissioned by Ministry isolated the most controversial climate policy issues that directly affect consumers. Jury asked to consider 14 related policy proposals and produce a statement commenting on each action. The jurors were introduced to the each topic and formulated questions for the experts. The jurors then deliberated in 5 small groups, engaging in an iterative process of drafting text for a declaration on the fairness and impact of each climate action, which was then passed on to next group to review and redraft. Experts commented on draft statements as part of review process. The whole Jury discussed and voted on controversial parts of the statement where consensus was not achieved. Finally, the jury voted to adopt the statement. Structure of the Jury influenced by the Citizens’ Initiative Review format.
Attendants: 33
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