The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), the Governance, Environment & Markets Initiative at Yale University (GEM), and the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) of the Arctic Centre (University of Lapland) are pleased to announce the publication of a new series of working papers on Public Participation and Climate Governance.
The principle of public participation has long been recognized as key to effective and equitable climate policy and governance. Article 6 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) thus outlines States’ responsibilities to promote and facilitate, inter alia, education and public awareness, public access to information, public participation, training, and international cooperation with respect to addressing climate change and its effects.
This series of working papers presents new and rigorous research on public participation and climate governance by scholars, policy-makers and practitioners. Contributions include analyses of the legal developments, practices and discourses associated with public participation in various climate change-related fora; case studies of the development and application of the concept of public participation and climate governance, including best practices and challenges; and theoretical and critical reflections on the notion of public participation and its relevance to the pursuit of equitable and effective climate governance.
The series is edited by Sébastien Duyck (NIEM), Sébastien Jodoin (McGill University / GEM) and Katherine Lofts (CISDL).
The working papers are available below:
- Public Participation and Climate Governance: Opening up or Closing Down Policy Options by Gwendolyn Blue Gwendolyn Blue -Public Participation and Climate Governance
- Picturing Climate Governance: Photovoice and Public Participation by Yanjun Cai CAI – Picturing Climate Governance
- Managing Energy Demand through Local Public Participation: Examples from Japan and France by Magali Dreyfus DREYFUS – Managing Energy Demand
- The Need for a Rights-Based approach to the Clean Development Mechanism by Eva Filzmoser, Juliane Voigt, Urska Trunk, Karen H. Olsen, and Ademola Oluborode Jegede FILZMOSER – The Need for a Rights-Based approach to the CDM
- When do Stakeholders Share Information? Insights from Community Forestry in Lamantar, Nepal by Akitaka Wilhelm Fujii and Smriti Bhandari FUJII – When do Stakeholders Share Info
- Public Participation, Deliberative Democracy, and Climate Governance: Learning From the Citizens’ Panel on Edmonton’s energy and Climate Challenges by David Kahane and Mary Pat MacKinnon KAHANE – Public Participation,
- Le principe de participation du public à la gestion des forêts dans le Bassin du Congo: forces et faiblesses par Dr. Emmanuel D. Kam Yogo KAM YOGO – Le principe de participation du public
- Building Climate Governance through the Model Forests Platforms: Reflections and Challenges by Josique Lorenzo and Roger Villalobos LORENZO – Building Climate Governance
- Experimental Sustainability Governance: Jazzing up Environmental Blues by Joachim Monkelbaan MONKELBAAN – Experimental Sustainability Governance
- Youth Participation in Climate Change for Sustainable Development by Joanne Narksompong, and Sangchan Limjirakan NARKSOMPONG – Youth Participation in Climate Change
- Forests and Climate Change: Strategies and Challenges for Brazilian Civil Society Organizations between 2005 and 2010 by Ana Leonardo Nassar de Oliveira NASSAR De Oliveria – Forests and Climate Change
- “Full and Effective Participation” in the UNFCCC REDD+ Implementation in Cambodia by Pheakkdey Nguon NGUON – Full and Effective Participation
- National Legislative Responses to REDD+ and Community Safeguards, Co-Benefits and Community Participation in Bangladesh by Sharaban Tahura Zaman, and M. Hafijul Islam Khan ZAMAN – National Legislative Responses to REDD