Our work on climate change using deliberative and participatory processes.
We’re excited to be working with Poplar HARCA and URBED on a new action plan for the Poplar area of Tower Hamlets.
The project, called Poplar Green Futures is a six month community led design project aimed at helping everyone who lives, works or plays in Poplar take action and benefit from climate friendly projects.
Read more →The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) invited funding applications from organisations planning different public engagement initiatives.
They brought together six organisations to share knowledge and plans, collecting evidence on what turned out to be most effective in engaging the public around COP26.
Greta Thunberg began her campaign of school strikes aged 15. But in the UK she would need to wait another three years to be deemed mature enough to cast her vote. Greta’s story is indicative of the challenge of young people’s meaningful involvement in climate change policy
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The report detailing the youth group process and its findings is available here. Young people are highly aware of the threat to their futures from climate change yet are rarely able to influence the ‘gatekeepers’ of climate emissions – those decision makers in Cumbria whose strategies and
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The Citizens’ Panel will deliberate on what government and people can do to address climate change in their homes.
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The Climate Change Citizens’ Jury will see 25 citizens come together to consider the question, ‘What needs to change in Southwark to tackle the emergency of climate change fairly and effectively for people and nature?’
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A new paper examining Shared Future’s Leeds Climate Change Citizens Jury highlights the co-benefits of deliberation, writes SF Director Jez Hall. Local authorities wanting to achieve meaningful carbon reduction, are increasingly turning towards public engagement. Shared Future is part of this, having delivered a wide range of
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The Local Climate Engagement Programme will work with local authorities from across England and the political spectrum to deliver high-quality, inclusive public engagement projects on climate policy.
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The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury saw 30 social housing tenants from across the North meet online over 10 weeks between July and September 2021. The report was released on the 2nd Nov 2021. In May 2022 the project won best resident involvement initiative at the Northern Housing Awards.
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We sort the recommendations from six citizens’ processes into broad themes to find the top five most frequently mentioned climate policy asks.
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