Community Climate Assembly with Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen - October 2nd 6:30pm-7:30pm in Mary Gates Hall Room 389. We need cooling - not climate pollution!
Join us for a climate community assembly w/ WA Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen on Thurs Oct. 2, 6:30-7:30pm in Mary Gates Hall room 389! #climatechange #wasenate #uwdistrict #climateassembly
This is a glorified panel discussion, not a #ClimateAssembly! #CitizensAssemblies are widely understood to be in-depth processes, descriptively representative of the citizenry. When we co-opt these words for 'in-group' chats, they lose their impact, and with it, people's trust. (1)
@markruffalo.bsky.social What do you think about an American citizens’ assembly on climate, with everyday people chosen by lottery and learning about climate science? Similar to what France did: www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/en/
#CitizensAssembly #Sortition #ClimateAssembly #Democracy
After a refreshing lunch break, more insightful panels ahead at #ECCA2025!
Now attending the session "Empowering Citizens through Climate Assemblies", exploring how bottom-up gatherings are making adaptation relevant & people-powered in urban environments. 🏙️🗳️
#ClimateAssembly #Impetus4Change
I'm due on Voice Fm at 2 to talk about my new novel 'Murder in the Climate Assembly', loosely inspired by #Southampton #ClimateAssembly. You can see extracts, reviews and synopsis and my other books and plays on my website www.dabaden.com
Still open for donations - out Crowdfunder for a #Nottingham #ClimateAssembly
knoca.eu/climate-asse... Citizens bring a different way of looking at policy from those working within climate governance. Bringing new ways of approaching problems and articulating solutions that are attuned to their interests, needs and attitudes. #ClimateAssembly #DeliberativeDemocracy
🙌 Oh interesting plot swist 😂 But I so love that idea as another brilliant climate communication medium 😄 Murder in the #ClimateAssembly 🎭
My play 'Murder in the Citizen's Jury' imagines 8 people in a #ClimateAssembly It sold out for all 6 days, and engaged audiences in #ClimatePolicies that will actually work. It's funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social and is free for #theatre companies to stage www.greenstories.org.uk/theatre-in-e...
Yesterday #Nottingham #GreenPartnership met to launch the #ClimateAssembly #Crowdfunder it was great to have lots of good people in support www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nottingham...
Councillor David Mellen speaking at #Nottingham City Council about why it is important to have a #ClimateAssembly which fully reflects the #diversity of our City #climatejustice
Graham Smith: "Believe in the capacity of ordinary people to make difficult political judgements."
Thanks to @ccl_dc, @XR_NYC, the panel, and @rebleber for making this discussion happen.
#climateassembly
.@clmellier: "Let's be humble...We need more robust learning processes embedded in assemblies, especially on what impacts they have."
#climateassembly
.@bankfieldbecky: What I want to focus on is how we make a better case for how these processes fit into the politics. We're making the political process better; the politicians who object will be those who represent the idea of delay on action on climate. #climateassembly
'We want to be a model for others who want to create an assembly...we are trying to help others who might want to follow a similar model.'
#climateassembly
Now: @archiekinnane of @XR_NYC describes the NYC campaign for a #climateassembly, which is different now that Covid-19 has transformed NYC: these crises overlap, racial and environmental justice organizations have led in calling for local control.
.@bankfieldbecky: The UK assembly is not as determinative as she would like, but still elected politicians need to have the final say.
#climateassembly
In terms of accountability on using the results after the assembly, how do we make that happen?
Graham Smith: this is the weak part. @Conv_Citoyenne is an important example because the results are public.
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"Who initiates a citizens' assembly, and how are the educators chosen?" @rebleber asks --
Graham Smith: They are typically initiated by public authorities. Experts are gathered by a diverse governing body set up to create the assembly.
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"There are problems with representing small structural minorities..." Graham Smith
'We're looking for the perfect institution...these are better than existing institutions, but they won't address all inequities.'
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In response, @Bankfieldbecky uses example of a coal mine near her town: people's lived experience, and the solutions they develop, can provide the best way to address and face-up to the dilemmas people face on climate policy.
#climateassembly
Question to the experts, relayed by @rebleber: impacts may not fall equally on the populace, how does a citizens' assembly address that inequity?
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'The issue we have with climate, compared to Covid-19, is that there is not such broad public acceptance of the problem...'
@linndavis #climateassembly
Remember: "The organizers are *not* representative of the general public." @linndavis #climateassembly
Now: @linndavis describes situations where citizens' assemblies are not appropriate: where there are 'wink, wink' mandates in the set-up of the assembly, taking away the legitimacy of the program. And objects to the term #climateassembly, because of potential for skewing results.
Now: @linndavis describes upcoming Oregon citizens' assembly on Covid-19 policies for the state, producing recommendations for the state assembly.
#climateassembly
On comparing the UK assembly and the French assembly, @clmellier asks what we should look for next from a #climateassembly:
Now: @clmellier describes the brief for @Conv_Citoyenne, whose results are now before Macron:
#climateassembly
