We need to talk about climate change > How can a deliberative democracy enable the scale of change required to tackle the climate challenge?

We very much need a dose of 'deliberative democracy':
Futures Forum: Brexit: and deliberative democracy @ Radio 4
Futures Forum: Brexit: and how the Irish referendum's "deliberative democracy" countered fake facts

And a proper type of deliberative democracy:
Futures Forum: Citizens’ Juries could become the core of a revived local democracy
Futures Forum: The government's "civil society strategy" will not give people "a more direct role in decision making." > Rather, we need a real dose of 'deliberative' or 'participatory' democracy.

Last month, the RSA hosted an event looking at how such a process could help us deal with the biggest challenge of our time: 

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE

Monday 18th March 2019

How can democracy enable the scale of change required to tackle the climate challenge?

Liberal democracy is coming apart, under threat from the rise of populism and increasingly unable to deliver the solutions to the multiple challenges facing society. We urgently need bold and radical ideas - not just for the policies we need to tackle the many crises we face - but for the processes necessary to unlock that change.

The climate crisis requires radical interventions in the economy, especially in challenging expectations of exponential growth and adds another layer of complexity to challenges facing democracy.

Caroline Lucas MP is joined by Professor David Runciman to explore the range of approaches needed to confront this multifaceted concern, and whether deliberative processes can offer a practical way forward to engage citizens more directly in political decision-making and strengthen representative democracy.

Find out more about the RSA/Involve campaign for deliberative democracy.

We Need to Talk About Climate - RSA

Here is the event:




We Need to Talk About Climate | Caroline Lucas MP | RSA Replay - YouTube
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