Civic gateway to climate participation (CLIMATE-PART)

There is a gap between the political wish to involve citizens in climate politics and the way in which many citizens engage in climate issues: Through activism, in their everyday life and by organizing in local communities. Politicians want more participation and citizens want to be heard. What is the problem? The methods used for citizens’ participation depend on a certain understanding of what counts as politically legitimate participation. The aim of the project is to expand current understandings and practices of participation in light of the climate crisis. With the first national Climate Citizens’ Assembly in 2019, and new research in democratic innovations, a renewal of traditional methods for participation is already underway. CLIMATE-PART - a collaboration between CBS, Teknologirådet and Klimabevægelsen - contributes to this movement by developing new methods for citizens’ participation in climate issues that build on citizens’ self-organized and everyday forms of climate participation.praxis partners
Praxis partners: Klimabevægelsen og Teknologirådet