Recommendations launch – 15th May
57 representatives from different local organisations joined assembly members to hear directly from them the assembly recommendations and principles. Facilitators worked with a group of assembly members for two evenings […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly – Session 6
Assembly members met for the final online session two and half weeks after their previous meeting. During this time the draft recommendations and principles were shared with the members of […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly – Session 5
Having heard from 21 different commentators (outside experts), session 5 was a chance for participants to reflect on their conversations and to draft a set of recommendations. The session was […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly – Session 4
For their second in person session, assembly members took part in a full day of learning, discussion, and reflection with a focus on unpacking what community involvement in climate change […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly – Session 3
In the third session, assembly members heard from Jon Alexander, author of ‘Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us’ and co – founder of New Citizenship […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly- Session 2
The assembly met for its first online session on Wednesday 5th march, with all 41 participants returning for their second session together. Those who had little experience of working online […]
Cumbria Climate Assembly- Session 1
41 people from across the county gathered on Saturday, 1st March, for the first ever Cumbria Climate Assembly. The members of the Assembly will meet over six sessions to answer […]
Furness citizens’ jury
Twenty people from the Barrow-in-Furness borough came together to form the Furness Climate Change Citizens’ Jury in the winter of 2021-22. Their task was to consider the question: What should […]
Copeland citizens’ jury
The Copeland People’s Panel on Climate Change began in July 2021, organised by Copeland Borough Council. The council wanted the citizens’ jury to guide it and partner organisations on what […]
Kendal citizens’ jury
In 2021, Kendal became the first town in the UK to host a citizens’ jury. Kendal Town Council was determined that the local plan of action on climate change would […]