Data

General Issues
Environment
Governance & Political Institutions
Specific Topics
Climate Change
Regional & Global Governance
Location
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
0200
Australia
Files
Process Run sheet
DRI_Q analysis Survey Items
Links
Journal Article: Public responses to climate change: The role of deliberation in building capacity for adaptive action
Journal Article: What do climate sceptics believe? Discourses of scepticism and their response to deliberation
Videos
High Emissions Climate Change Scenario (presented to interview participants)
Medium Emissions Climate Change Scenario (presented to interview participants)
Start Date
End Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Total Number of Participants
40
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Recruit or select participants
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Citizens' Jury
Sortition
Deliberation
Legality
Yes
Staff
No
Volunteers
No

CASE

Citizens' Jury on Climate Change Adaptation in Australian Capital Region

General Issues
Environment
Governance & Political Institutions
Specific Topics
Climate Change
Regional & Global Governance
Location
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
0200
Australia
Files
Process Run sheet
DRI_Q analysis Survey Items
Links
Journal Article: Public responses to climate change: The role of deliberation in building capacity for adaptive action
Journal Article: What do climate sceptics believe? Discourses of scepticism and their response to deliberation
Videos
High Emissions Climate Change Scenario (presented to interview participants)
Medium Emissions Climate Change Scenario (presented to interview participants)
Start Date
End Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Total Number of Participants
40
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Recruit or select participants
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Citizens' Jury
Sortition
Deliberation
Legality
Yes
Staff
No
Volunteers
No

Part of the Climate Change and the Public Sphere (Australian Research Council funded project). A three day panel based on the citizens' jury model concerned with climate change adaptation policy. Associated research investigated deliberation and climate governance.

Problems and Purpose

The CCSP form was the third part of a research project in which 100 participants were surveyed for their response to a series of climate change scenarios (medium emissions, high emissions). Following the scenario interviews a of 40 citizens were sampled on a randomly stratified basis from the interview group based on demographic and attitudinal data, to participate in a 3-day deliberative forum. The event itself was modelled on the Citizens’ Jury format. The purpose of the event was to bring citizens together to discuss issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, in the hope that focused deliberations might lead to better informed and more considered opinions on this crucial public issue.

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities

The process was organised by researchers from The Australian National University as part of an Australian Research Council funded project (DP0879092),

Participant Recruitment and Selection

Recruitment for the preliminary scenario interviews was conducted on a random stratification basis from postal surveys, where stratification involved both demographic and attitudinal bases (see Hobson & Niemeyer (2011)

Methods and Tools Used

This initiative used a citizens' jury, broadly defined as a small group of randomly-selected individuals who come together to deliberate on an issue after hearing from experts in order to provide recommendations on future action for decision-makers[3]. The deliberative democratic process is intended to result in consensus. 

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

See uploaded run sheet.

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

Although the primary object was research, the findings from the process were handed to The Australian Capital Territory Government in the form of a Citizens' Report.

The event contributed to a wider public conversation via several opinion pieces and television interviews.

Analysis and Lessons Learned

See Also

Citizens' Jury on Dog and Cat Management in South Australia 

South Australian Citizens' Jury on Sharing the Roads Safely 

References

Hobson, Kersty Pamela, and Simon John Niemeyer. 2011. "Public responses to climate change: The role of deliberation in building capacity for adaptive action." Global Environmental Change 21 (3): 957–971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.05.001.

---. 2013. "What do climate sceptics believe? Discourses of scepticism and their response to deliberation." Public Understanding of Science 22 (4): 396-412. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/0963662511430459.

Niemeyer, Simon John. 2010. "Helping unlikely sceptics see that climate change is real." The Age, 2010. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/helping-unlikely-sceptics-see-that-climate-change-is-real-20100615-yd62.html.

Niemeyer, Simon John. 2010. A novel idea on climate change: ask the people. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/a-novel-idea-on-climate-change-ask-the-people-1962


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