Climate assemblies bring together a diverse group of everyday people selected by democratic lottery to learn, deliberate and make recommendations on aspects of the climate crisis.
The term “citizens’ assembly” is used in different ways and other bodies such as citizens’ juries have similar features.
KNOCA uses the term “citizens assemblies” in a broad sense to include any participatory process that combines democratic lottery, deliberation and decision making.
In this short video we walk you through the key features of Climate assemblies.