Presentation Abstract
Citizens’ assemblies are an increasingly widespread form of democratic engagement and solution-finding. Assemblies convened specifically to address the climate crisis have taken place around the world, including in Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, Poland, and France. France’s recent “Convention Citoyenne Pour Le Climat,” focused on reducing carbon emissions, led President Macron to pledge to adopt and fund 146 out of 149 policy recommendations. The Washington Climate Assembly (WA Climate Assembly) was initiated and funded by a group of volunteers, organized as People’s Voice on Climate. The nation’s first citizens’ assembly on this critical issue, the WA Climate Assembly brought together 77 randomly selected Washington residents, representative of the State’s communities, online during the COVID pandemic, to learn about, discuss, deliberate on, and recommend climate change mitigation solutions for consideration by the State Legislature. Recommendations from the WA Climate Assembly are now being promoted to the Legislature and informing the development of the 2022-2026 Action Agenda for the recovery of Puget Sound, among other applications This panel session will include speakers who will share processes used, lessons learned, results, and next steps from a number of climate assemblies, including the WA Climate Assembly. Speakers will also discuss the idea of an international bioregional People's Assembly that focuses on both climate change and biodiversity. It will include a panel discussion and the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists.
Session Title
Climate Science 1 - Climate Assemblies (Panel)
Conference Track
SSE8: Climate Change
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2022 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE-panels-67
Start Date
26-4-2022 9:45 AM
End Date
26-4-2022 11:15 AM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Climatic changes; Climate change mitigation; Political participation; Climatic changes--Washington (State); Climate change mitigation--Washington (State)
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Washington (State)
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons
Climate Assemblies: Lessons learned and results from around the world and Washington State
Citizens’ assemblies are an increasingly widespread form of democratic engagement and solution-finding. Assemblies convened specifically to address the climate crisis have taken place around the world, including in Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, Poland, and France. France’s recent “Convention Citoyenne Pour Le Climat,” focused on reducing carbon emissions, led President Macron to pledge to adopt and fund 146 out of 149 policy recommendations. The Washington Climate Assembly (WA Climate Assembly) was initiated and funded by a group of volunteers, organized as People’s Voice on Climate. The nation’s first citizens’ assembly on this critical issue, the WA Climate Assembly brought together 77 randomly selected Washington residents, representative of the State’s communities, online during the COVID pandemic, to learn about, discuss, deliberate on, and recommend climate change mitigation solutions for consideration by the State Legislature. Recommendations from the WA Climate Assembly are now being promoted to the Legislature and informing the development of the 2022-2026 Action Agenda for the recovery of Puget Sound, among other applications This panel session will include speakers who will share processes used, lessons learned, results, and next steps from a number of climate assemblies, including the WA Climate Assembly. Speakers will also discuss the idea of an international bioregional People's Assembly that focuses on both climate change and biodiversity. It will include a panel discussion and the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists.
