Climate·18 September 2020
The Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change
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This is a Citizens’ Assembly started in January 2020 which has now moved online: The Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change
It is officially linked to Parliament. This Citizens’ Assembly on climate change has been commissioned by six House of Commons select committees, including the Environmental Audit Committee (of which I’ve been a member), Treasury, Transport and Business and Energy.
This link takes you to an article by Caroline Lucas in the Green Party’s membership publication: GREEN WORLD: THE ROLE OF CITIZENS ASSEMBLIES
As the assembly has moved online, is there now evidence that deliberative democracy needs to work online. Here we would like to consider the article:
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