From ancient Athens to modern-day social movements across the globe, citizens' assemblies have a diverse and storied history. A new wave of democratic innovation is putting them at the centre of climate governance. Public and third-sector institutions the world over are seeking to promote citizens' assemblies as a way of informing the public and tackling the climate crisis.
How are they doing this? Find out in this week's featured article.
The proportion of members of the UK's 2020 national climate assembly who 'strongly agreed' or 'agreed' that citizens' assemblies should be used more often
Climate Concept Corner
The term 'mini-public' is often used in conjunction with citizens' assemblies, but what does it mean?
Social scientists define a mini-public as 'an assembly of citizens, demographically representative of the larger population, brought together to learn and deliberate on a topic in order to inform public opinion and decision-making'.
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