Extinction Rebellion groups around the UK have been running 'community assemblies' for more than a year now, to give ordinary people a voice and way to work together to find solutions to local issues.
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As hundreds of thousands of people across the country prepare for what promises to be the biggest march to protect nature in a generation, new polling reveals that almost three-quarters of the public believe the government is failing to protect our country's nature, threatening our very life support systems and biodiversity.
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What is the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (OPLB)? If passed, the bill would commit the UK to inviting applications every year for new offshore oil and gas production licences in the North Sea.
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XR's response to Rishi Sunak's changes to the UK's climate policies.
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From its very beginning Extinction Rebellion’s Third Demand for a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice has called for the voices of citizens, people with different life experiences, to be party to decision making. Having brought it to the forefront, many have joined this call to revive democracy. A call…
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Day 1 of the 2021 ‘Impossible’ Rebellion is swiftly approaching, and the Citizens’ Assembly Working Group (CAWG), want to make sure all the rebels are up to speed with the Third Demand: A UK-wide, independently run Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice. Get yourself up…
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Much ado about… Not a lot? Such a disappointing finale after such a promising start! It seemed too good to be true that France’s President Macron undertook to submit all recommendations made by the citizens at the Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat (the Citizens’ Climate Convention), unfiltered, to either a referendum, a vote in…
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A list of basic standards for citizens’ assemblies providing a basis to ensure the democratic character of citizens' assemblies.
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