At a hearing today of the Committee on Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of the state parliament of the German state of Lower Saxony, I am speaking in favor of a statewide climate citizens' assembly.

https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/fileadmin/pdf/2023/Berichte_Stellungnahmen/2023-08-15__Stellungnahme_Klimaschutzgesetz_Niedersachsen.pdf

#CitizensAssembly

@JoBlakely #CitizensAssembly for the #ClimateEmergncy!

On 21 July, Bundestag President Bärbel Bas drew by lottery the participants of the first Citizens' Assembly of the German Bundestag "Nutrition in Transition".

https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/citizens-assembly-on-nutrition-randomly-selected/

#Bürgerrat #BürgerratErnährung #CitizensAssembly #CANutrition

In the German-speaking Community of East Belgium, a randomly selected citizens' jury has drawn up recommendations on the integration of immigrants.

https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/you-can-never-do-enough-for-integration/

#CitizensAssembly

Now would be a good time for a #CitizensAssembly on the #ClimateEmergency.

But the #BBC have taken down The People v #ClimateChange programme on iPlayer

🤦‍♂️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p097sbzc

Does anyone have a copy they could share? Be very handy for a #gardening project I'm working on.

For the first time, the Council of the New Zealand city of Wellington will establish a #CitizensAssembly to inform the development of the 2024-34 Long-term Plan - the Council’s budget for the next decade.

https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2023/07/citizen-assembly

On 10 July 2023, the German Citizens' Assembly on Education and Learning handed over 15 recommendations for more equal opportunities in education to the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.

https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/equal-educational-opportunities-for-all/

#CitizensAssembly

Politicians have failed us in the #ClimateCrisis. Business elites have failed us too. Now the courts fail us.

Every single branch of this so-called "democracy" has failed us. Perhaps because it is the will of the lobbyists and their super-rich masters that counts, not what ordinary people want.

Here an example from the US, it is probably not that different in many European countries:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

This is why we need truly democratic decisionmaking. A #CitizensAssembly can do that. Decisions by the 100%, for the 100%.

#ScottishGovernment floats idea of setting up #CitizensAssembly to consider legalising #drugs in regulated market
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jul/07/teachers-strike-england-pay-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live #ScotGov #Health #FailedWarOnDrugs

As Ireland's Citizen Assembly on Drug Use continues their deliberations, it's great to see Scotland pushing for decriminalisation of personal use.

Hoping that Ireland moves towards this model which has been proven to work in Portugal and other countries.

#ireland #decrim #citizensassembly #scotland #druguse #drugreform

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66133549

"Neutrality to people like Mícheál Martin means speaking out of both sides of your mouth."
Lorna Bogue on the Irish Foreign Ministry's so-called #ConsultativeForum ; a scripted PR pantomime to answer a question nobody was asking.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/06/irelands-neutrality-stitch-up

#ecosocialism #neutrality #citizensassembly #irishpolitics #greenleft #ireland #neutral

Help shape Citizens’ Climate Assembly
https://bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12632:help-shape-citizens-climate-assembly&catid=166&Itemid=92
#bitternepark #Southampton #localnews #climatechange #netzero #citizensassembly

More knowledge about sustainable food in schools, more rules for marketing unhealthy food and lower VAT on fruit and vegetables. These are some of the recommendations of the Swedish Citizens' Assembly on Nutrition.

https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/citizens-assembly-on-nutrition-it-was-worth-it/

#CitizensAssembly

The government of the German state of Baden-Württemberg is convening a citizens' forum on the topic of G8/G9 after the summer break in 2023. The forum will intensively debate how long general secondary schools in Baden-Württemberg should last in the future.

https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/citizens-forum-on-g8g9-in-baden-wuerttemberg/

#citizensassembly

Maybe Canada could use this type of conference to help determine a method for implementing #proportionalrepresentation #CitizensAssembly "The model of participatory consensus conference often known as “the Danish model” and/or “citizens’ panel,” is a way to deliberate on policy issues with high technical content using a combination of lay citizens and experts." https://participedia.net/method/157

Young people have decided: Mental health will be the topic of the randomly selected Swiss Future Council U24 this autumn.

https://zukunfts-rat.ch/thema/

#citizensassembly

"For me democracy means participation, but inclusive participation."

A Delibera Brasil video on the randomly selected climate assembly in the Brazilian city of Salvador/Bahia.

https://youtu.be/vPV52NZ2AyU

#citizensassembly

In a world grappling with the climate crisis, social unrest, and polarisation undermining democracy, an oasis of ideas for a better future has bloomed. It happened in Milan during the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies.

https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/climate-citizens-assemblies-spring-to-life-in-europe/

#citizensassembly

"Given time and open debate, ordinary people show great perspicacity. Lacking the ambition for power, they could contribute hugely to our public debates."

Martin Wolf on citizens' assemblies

https://www.ft.com/content/81b94348-c915-4b3c-a9b2-8a26d71bb4c9

#citizensassembly

With many folk fae Torry and with Councillor @VanSweedenSNP at the North-East Communities for a Just Transition @aberdeenuni
#NE-Just-Transition
#CitizensAssembly
@ScotlandNet @scotgov @AberdeenCC
@NESCANhub

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Christia_Allard/status/1663851687465943045