Re-imagining the Making of Climate Law and Policy in Citizens’ Assemblies

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli

doi:10.1017/S2047102521000339

Re-imagining the Making of Climate Law and Policy in Citizens’ Assemblies

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli

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In recent years, climate citizens' assemblies - randomly selected representative citizens gathered to make policy recommendations on greenhouse gas emissions targets - have gained in popularity as a potential innovative solution to the failure of governments to design and adopt ambitious climate change laws and policies. This article appraises the process and outcomes of three climate citizens' assemblies held at the national level - in Ireland, France and the United Kingdom - and evaluates their contributions to the making of climate law and policy. In doing so, it first looks at whether citizens' assemblies have the ability to improve the substance of climate law and suggests that they face difficulties in providing an integrated, holistic response to the climate problem. It then explores how citizens' assemblies have fed into subsequent legislative processes to show their positive influence and draws lessons for our understanding of the role of citizens' assemblies in climate lawmaking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-261
Number of pages	27
Journal	Transnational Environmental Law
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102521000339
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2022

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