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Chapter 10 The future of climate assemblies

Stephen Elstub
Stephen Elstub is Professor of Democratic Politics at the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology, Newcastle University. He is a Fellow of the Tyndall Centre and Chair of the European Consortium for Political Research’s Democratic Innovations Standing Group.
and Oliver Escobar
Oliver Escobar is Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Edinburgh. He co-directed What Works Scotland and combines research and practice across policy and community contexts.

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Climate Assemblies

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© 2025 Oliver Escobar, Stephen Elstub, published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston // The book is published with open access at www.degruyter.com.

© 2025 Oliver Escobar, Stephen Elstub, published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston // The book is published with open access at www.degruyter.com.

Chapters in this book

Dedication V
Contents VII
Acknowledgements
List of tables XIII
List of figures XV
List of boxes XVII
Section 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 The present of climate assemblies 3
Section 2 Internal dimensions in climate assemblies
Chapter 2 Setting the agenda for climate assemblies: Key dimensions and dilemmas 27
Chapter 3 Global facilitation revisited: The many stages of climate assemblies 47
Chapter 4 The role of experts in climate assemblies: Recruitment and inclusion 65
Chapter 5 How does climate change expertise shape the form of a climate assembly? (and vice versa) 83
Section 3 External dimensions in climate assemblies
Chapter 6 Climate assemblies and communicative flows: A conceptual framework for studying media and communication in deliberative systems 103
Chapter 7 Between closure and openness: The fragile legitimacy of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention 119
Chapter 8 Can democratic innovation work in an unfavourable political context? Assessing the effectiveness of the first Hungarian climate assembly 137
Chapter 9 The Global Climate Assembly: A new global deliberative space? 155
Section 4 Conclusion
Chapter 10 The future of climate assemblies 175
Index

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111328393-016

Chapters in this book

Dedication V
Contents VII
Acknowledgements
List of tables XIII
List of figures XV
List of boxes XVII
Section 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 The present of climate assemblies 3
Section 2 Internal dimensions in climate assemblies
Chapter 2 Setting the agenda for climate assemblies: Key dimensions and dilemmas 27
Chapter 3 Global facilitation revisited: The many stages of climate assemblies 47
Chapter 4 The role of experts in climate assemblies: Recruitment and inclusion 65
Chapter 5 How does climate change expertise shape the form of a climate assembly? (and vice versa) 83
Section 3 External dimensions in climate assemblies
Chapter 6 Climate assemblies and communicative flows: A conceptual framework for studying media and communication in deliberative systems 103
Chapter 7 Between closure and openness: The fragile legitimacy of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention 119
Chapter 8 Can democratic innovation work in an unfavourable political context? Assessing the effectiveness of the first Hungarian climate assembly 137
Chapter 9 The Global Climate Assembly: A new global deliberative space? 155
Section 4 Conclusion
Chapter 10 The future of climate assemblies 175
Index

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