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July 17, 2024Urban PlanningOpen Access

Participatory Climate Action: Reflections on Community Diversity and the Role of External Experts

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CSConnor SmithInstitute of GeographyFBFinlay Bain-KerrUniversity of StrathclydeDHDan van der HorstUniversity of Edinburgh

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Implication

Reflective evaluation demonstrates barriers to academic facilitation in municipal climate action, highlighting the need to share authority with grassroots groups.

Key Points

  • Effective public participation in climate action requires sustained trust and power sharing rather than viewing community engagement as a design deficit.
  • An experimental methodology combining personal reflections with group discussion examined academic facilitation of local decision-making in council projects.
  • Calls for systemic change highlight that enabling conditions, including adaptive funding and mitigating power differentials, are critical for local governance.

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Smith et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e60010b6db643587593a5dhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.8182
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