Essays about: "Citizens’ Assemblies"

Found 3 essays containing the words Citizens’ Assemblies.

1. 1. What do you mean 'climate change'? Framings of climate change in citizens' climate assemblies

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Corinna Zeitfogel; [2023]
   Keywords : citizens climate assemblies; framing; evidence; climate change;

   Abstract : A preliminary technical framing of climate change in the evidence of citizens' climate assemblies (CCAs) might lead to closing down policy options and ignoring other sides of climate change, such as questions of power. A limited range of frames can negatively impact epistemic conditions for deliberation and lead to decreased engagement by participants who do not share the values proposed by the dominant frames. READ MORE

3. 2. “End of the world, end of the month, same struggle”: On depoliticized transitions and emancipatory sustainability transformations - A case study of The French Citizens’ Convention on Climate

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Robin Denz; [2021]
   Keywords : Citizens Assembly; Social Movements; Degrowth; Sustainability Science; Democratic Innovation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Reflecting an emerging trend in democratic innovation to tackle complex socio-ecological challenges, the French Citizens’ Convention on Climate (CCC) was initiated in response to climate protests and the Yellow Vests movement to define measures for achieving a socially just 40% reduction in GHG-emissions. Approaching the CCC as both an outcome and site of hegemonic struggle, I apply social movements theory and document analysis methods to investigate its genealogy, policy proposals, influence on decision-making, and evaluate its potential for sustainability transformations. READ MORE

4. 3. Citizens’ Assemblies: a potential transformative method for addressing the wicked problem of climate change : A case study of the 2016 Irish Citizens’ Assembly.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Tomasz Forsberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Wicked Problems; Deliberative Democracy; Citizens’ Assemblies; Sustainable Transformation.;

   Abstract : The amount of global greenhouse gas emissions needs to be significantly reduced in order to reach the Paris agreement target of 1.5°C by 2050. Contemporary representative political systems have failed so far in adequately addressing the complex problem of climate change. READ MORE