August 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on the participation of citizens and civil society organizations in climate policy processes. Analog meetings are hardly possible anymore, new ideas for digital formats are needed. Together with the German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), UfU has summarized what needs to be considered in virtual participation processes in a policy paper. The focus here is on the current development of the respective national climate targets (Nationally Determined Contributions – NDCs) of the countries that have committed to more climate protection in the Paris Agreement: How should virtual participation processes be structured? Which principles and criteria are important to consider? And which online participation processes on climate issues that have already been implemented in other countries can serve as a model? The policy paper can be read and downloaded as a PDF here. Contact:
The paper is part of the project
“Strengthening civil society in the implementation of national climate policy”
was developed. Funded by the International Climate Initiative, UfU has been working closely with BUND in Germany and NGOs in Georgia, Colombia and Ukraine since 2018. The aim of the project is to analyze and strengthen the participation opportunities of civil society in the three countries within their national climate policies. Further information on the project: https://www.ufu.de/projekt/zivikli/