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Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet1,2, Bénédicte Apouey3,4, Hazem Arab5
1Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Champs-sur-Marne, France.
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
|June 27, 2022
Summary
The French Citizens' Convention for Climate (CCC) involved external input but maintained citizen agency. While achieving internal consensus, the co-construction approach did not gain broad public support for climate change measures.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Policy
- Political Science
- Sociology
Background:
- The French Citizens' Convention for Climate (CCC) was launched in 2019.
- It involved 150 randomly selected citizens to propose climate change mitigation measures.
- An "innovative co-construction procedure" was employed, incorporating external input.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess if steering body inputs compromised citizen accountability in the CCC.
- To determine if the co-construction process enhanced public resonance of the assembly's output.
- To evaluate the effectiveness of citizen assemblies in climate policy.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative and quantitative data collection through direct observation of the CCC proceedings.
- Analysis of citizen agency, creativity, and freedom of choice.
- Assessment of consensus-building among participants and public support.
Main Results:
- Steering body input was significant but did not undermine citizen agency or decision-making freedom.
- The co-construction process successfully fostered consensus among the participating citizens.
- The approach failed to generate substantial support for the proposed measures among the general public.
Conclusions:
- Citizen assemblies can maintain participant agency even with external input.
- Co-construction can build internal consensus but does not guarantee broader public acceptance.
- There is a need to strengthen commitment structures for follow-up on citizen assembly proposals.
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