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Barroso’s ‘radical pathways’ to cut emissions

We want to open our Blog to invited guest bloggers, and we’re pleased to post below a first contribution from Alejandro Litovsky, who heads the Pathways to Scale programme with our friends at Volans.

You can also find Alejandro’s  post on the…

The future of democracy in the face of climate change

Background

It is clear that established systems of citizen participation and democracy will struggle to cope with the multiple challenges and trade-offs of climate change management; but how they might evolve or what might emerge to replace them is unclear.

Less democracy, more…

Democracy and climate change

capitol_hillIn the US, opposition to the Climate Bill has shown just how hard it can be to get popular support for much-needed measures to put economies on track to head off the worst effects of climate change.

The US model of…

Scottish Children’s Parliament

The Scottish Children’s Parliament provides opportunities for children aged from 9 to 14 years old to engage in local, national and international democratic processes.

The Parliament has been working with WWF Scotland in a Climate Change Project which gave children an opportunity…

Can democracy save the planet?

John Elkington and John Lotherington

John Elkington and John Lotherington’s reflections on discussions on ‘Democracy and Sustainability’ at the Dana Centre in March 2008. They ask: is democracy necessary for sustainable development, or does it get in the way?

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Democracy, civil society, sustainability

Ian Christie

In this discussion paper for The Environment Foundation’s March 2008 events and discussions on democracy and sustainability, Ian Christie critically examines four propositions: democracy is crucial for humane and just sustainable development; democracy poses huge problems for sustainable development;…