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07 | Citizens assemble!

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07 | Citizens assemble!

Politicians have been slow to act on climate change, even though people want more action. So what would happen if everyday people got the keys to climate policy? 

Well, France gave it a crack. In 2019, 150 French citizens were asked to come up with their country’s climate policy and told that their ideas would be adopted.

But did it work? And is deliberative democracy a climate solution we’ve been overlooking? 

Guests: Amandine Roggeman, Louis-Gaeten Giraudet, Professor Nicole Curato.

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporter: Jo Lauder
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri

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