“Index” in “Public Deliberation on Climate Change”
Index
activism, 71–2
Alberta, Government of: and Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices, 49, 52, 99–100
climate change policy, 93–95
and deliberative democracy, 69
land use strategy, 140
and public participation at regional level, 92–93, 96
status as petro-state, 87–89
and Water in a Changing Climate, 55
Alberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD) (see also Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices (AEEC); Citizens’; Panel on Edmonton’s Energy Climate Challenges; City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Citizen Panels
Water in a Changing Climate): and activism, 72
assessment of its deliberation on climate change, 60–61
collaboration in Citizens’
Panel On Edmonton’s Energy, 152–7
collaboration with AEEA, 157–58, 163
collaboration with CPI, 151–52, 164
collaboration with Oldman Watershed Council, 159–60, 164
as collaborative project, 149, 150–51
context for launch of, 95–96
effectiveness of based on eight measures, 203–8
focus on values during deliberation, 61
and framing of climate change, 76, 134, 138
goals, 197
history and legacy, 5–7
how it dealt with wicked issues, 60–62
how systems analysis could improve work of, 216–19
impact on field of deliberative democracy, 22, 208–9
and Indigenous participation, 75
lessons learned from projects, 101
policy context of deliberations, 172–73
and political context in which climate change is viewed, 11
political influence of, 69, 83
reasons why social change was not addressed by, 209–12
recruitment challenges of, 126–29, 207, 217
role in Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices, 48, 52
role in Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy, 42, 46
role in City-Wide Food and Agricultural Panels, 35
role in Water in a Changing Climate, 54, 55, 58
scope of, 4
Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance (AEEA): and AEEC as lobby for favoured policy, 206
collaboration with ABCD, 157–58, 163
policy context of, 173, 175–76
role in Energy Efficiency Choices Deliberation, 48–52, 99–100
type of citizen panel they wanted, 177
Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices (AEEC): collaboration in, 157–58, 162
demographic profile of, 127
features, 48–52
framing of issues, 174–75
materials and resources for, 179, 180
outcomes from, 52–54, 99–100, 206
recruitment for, 123–25, 177–78
sense of ownership by panelists, 190
use of different learning approaches, 181, 187
values discussion in, 185
Andrais, Jim, 98
Angus, Ian, 76
Baber, Walter, 102
Blue, Gwendolyn, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 79n1
Canada, Government of, 84–86
carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, 95
Centre for Public Involvement (CPI): and Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy, 46, 120–21
and City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Panels, 7, 35, 40, 151–52, 164
collaboration with ABCD, 7, 164
Chrétien, Jean, 84
citizen empowerment, 234–36
Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges (Edmonton Panel): attempt to include community-based projects within, 70
collaboration in, 152–57
connection to government, 204
demographic profile of, 127
features of, 42–45
framing of issues, 174
influence on policy and political decision making, 204–5
information provided in, 181–82
materials and resources for, 178–79
ownership and group dynamics of, 189–90
recruitment techniques of, 120–23, 177
social diversity of, 76
support for learning in, 180, 183
use of different learning approaches, 187–88
values discussion in, 184–85
City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Citizen Panels: collaboration in, 7, 151–52
demographic profile of, 127
and public mobilization, 206
recruitment techniques for, 117–20
work of, 35–40
climate change (see also framing issues):
Alberta policy on, 93–95
attempts at international policy on, 84
challenges for deliberative democracy and, 75–78
choices of frames for, 15–16, 227–28
and deliberative civic engagement, 234
denial of, 11–12
dominant frame for, 71, 136–37, 198
effect of education on attitude towards, 122–23
effects of, 229–30
facilitators’
views on framing issues for, 170, 171–76
framing for Water in a Changing Climate, 139–43, 175
history of framing, 136–39
how deliberative democracy can help establish policy for, 74–75
limits of science in advancing environmental policy for, 13–14, 73–74
mitigation v. adaptation, 137, 138–39
and municipalities, 90–91
need for systemic analysis of, 220
new ways of approaching, 33–34
recent Canadian government policy on, 84–86
recommendations for framing, 143–44
research and evidence proving, 12–13
thoughts on ABCD deliberations on, 60–61
and UN’s Framework Convention Paris Agreement, 8
using systems theory to combat, 199–200
and values, 174
view of in Alberta, 89–90, 96–97
as wicked issue, 10–11, 74, 198–99
collaboration: in Alberta Climate Dialogue, 150–51
in Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices, 157–58, 162, 163
in Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges, 152–57
in City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Citizen Panels, 151–52
in Water in a Changing Climate, 159–60, 162–63
defined, 147
factors supporting successful, 160–64
principles of, 147–48
used to address wicked issues, 148–49, 165
communication, 163–64
community empowerment, 203, 207
Conversation on Climate Justice, 209
Daly, Herman, 231
deliberative capacity, 202, 207
deliberative civic engagement (DCE), 232–34
deliberative democracy (see also Alberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD); framing issues; mini-publics; recruitment; social change; social learning; wicked issues):
ABCD’s effect on field of, 22, 208–9
advantages in addressing wicked problems, 3–4
and attitudinal diversity, 113–15, 119
as best method to address climate change with, 74–78
characteristics of, 67–68
Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy view of, 47–48
claim for citizens’
right to, 169–70
critical views of, 77–78, 133–34, 201
as deliberative civic engagement, 232–34
and demographic representation, 111–13
described, 17
divergence-convergence of, 216–17
effect of use of systems analysis in, 20–21, 218–19
effect on systems theory, 219–20
eight areas of divergence and debate in, 68–73
engagement of social change, 200–3, 209–15
and environmental regulation, 91–93
further resources on, 235–36
ideas for improving, 77–78
importance of values to, 61, 68
incentives for taking part in, 117
involvement of non-experts in, 226–27
its ability to change participants, 203, 207–8, 234–36
and Oldman Watershed Council, 140
one-off events v. systems, 69–70
and ownership of project, 188–91
professionalization of, 19–20, 72–73
pros and cons of, 19–20
recommendations for framing climate change in, 143–44
recruitment strategies and approaches for, 109–17
scholarly work on, 17–18
significance of framing issues for, 134–36
and social diversity, 75–76
and social learning, 61–62
as sustained engagement, 233–34
technology and, 52–54, 180, 189
terminology of, 18–19
and time issues, 164, 210–11, 218
and trust, 228–29
and use of collaboration, 148–49
Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC), 5
deliberative society, 70
deliberative systems theory, 20–21, 69–70
democracies, 232
democratic spaces, 68
Dewey, John, 17
Dion, Stéphane, 85
Dryzek, John, 87
Duck, Thomas, 11
economic growth, 231–32
Edmonton, City of: and ABCD, 7, 152–57
and Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges, 42, 43, 46, 98–99, 173, 204–5
and City-Wide Food and Agriculture Citizen Panel, 39–40, 96–97, 206
and deliberative democracy, 69
type of citizen panel they wanted, 177
use of stakeholders by, 72
Edmonton Panel. See Citizens’; Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges (Edmonton Panel)
education bias, 122–23, 126, 128
empowerment, 172, 201, 203, 207, 234–35
Energy Futures Lab, 209
Environmental Conservation Authority, 91
EROI (energy return on investment), 230
extreme adaptation, 227
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), 91
First Nations. See Indigenous participation
fossil fuels, end of, 230–31
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), 137, 138
framing issues: choices for climate change, 15–16, 227–28
for climate change in Water in a Changing Climate, 139–43, 175
dominant frame for climate change, 71, 136–37, 198
and eliminating discussion of social change, 76–77
facilitators’
views on for climate change, 170, 171–76
history of framing for climate change, 136–39
policy context of, 172–74
recommendations for in future deliberation, 143–44
and representation bias, 75, 114
significance for climate change deliberation, 170, 227
significance for deliberative democracy, 134–36
in systemic design, 215
why some frames dominate over others, 71
fresh (Edmonton food and urban agriculture strategy), 38–40, 96–97
Gaventa, John, 210
Gore, Al, 13
Greater Edmonton Alliance (GEA), 97
group dynamics, 188–91
groupthink, 136
Gundersen, Adolf, 235
Habermas, Jürgen, 17
HB Lanarc Consultants, 38
Hulme, Mike, 13
human-centred design, 213–14
hyperlocal online networks, 233
IDEO (design company), 213–14
Indigenous Environmental Network, 76
Indigenous participation, 55, 75, 118, 126, 142–43, 182
inequality, 143. See also social change
interactive voice response surveys (IVR), 120, 121, 123
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 12, 90, 94, 137
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), 91
Iveson, Don, 99
Kahane, David, 5, 79n1, 149, 234
learning, 180–89, 215. See also social learning
Lyons, Susanna Haas, 48
mini-publics (see also Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices (AEEC); Citizens’; Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges; City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Citizen Panels
Water in a Changing Climate): ABCD and, 7
facilitators’
ideas on planning, 176–83
facilitators’
reflections on, 191–93
planning, 170
role in deliberative systems theory, 20, 21
scholarly work on, 18
weakness of, 228
Monbiot, George, 8
municipalities, 90–91. See also Edmonton, City of
National Issues Forums (NIF), 136
Navid, Erin, 140
Office of the Environment, 42, 43, 46, 96, 120, 152–57, 162, 163, 204
oil and gas development, 86–89
Oldman Watershed Council (OWC): collaboration with ABCD, 159–60, 164
and lack of climate change policy, 176
strengths of, 93
and Water in a Changing Climate, 54–55, 58, 100, 140
Oliver, Joe, 85
ownership of project, 188–91
petro-states, 87–89
Power Cube, 210
professionalization, 19–20, 72–73
public deliberation events, 4, 101–2. See also deliberative democracy
public opinion polls, 116–17
public participation (see also deliberative democracy):
in Alberta climate change policy, 94
in City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Panels, 38
in federal government policy, 85
forms of, 16–17
in petro-states, 89
professionalization of, 19–20
at regional level, 92–93
scholarship and, 17–18
random recruitment, 119–20, 123–24
recruitment: for Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices, 123–25, 177–78
challenges of ABCD deliberations, 126–29, 207, 217
for Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges, 120–23, 177
for City-Wide Food and Urban Agriculture Citizen Panel, 117–20
of diversity, 42, 121–23, 126, 128, 217
education bias in, 122–23, 126, 128
ideas on attracting diversity to mini-publics, 176–78
importance of representativeness, 42, 128–29, 228
packages, 116
and standardized reporting approaches, 129
strategies and techniques, 109–17
for Water in a Changing Climate, 125–26, 177
regime stability, 88–89
research, 39, 43, 52–54, 58, 120, 151–52
Schwab, Klaus, 235
science, limits of, 13–14, 73–74
SGER. See Specified Gas Emitters Regulation
Smil, Vaclav, 231
social change: ABCD’s success with, 203–8
fields which actively explore, 212–15
reasons why deliberative democracy fails to address, 209–12
stories of, 200–203
and use of systems analysis, 218–19
social justice, 142, 143, 185, 227
social learning: from collaboration, 162
defined, 16
described, 34
of individuals and organizations, 61–62
as method of encouraging ownership, 190
outcomes from Alberta Energy Efficiency Choices, 52–54
outcomes from Citizens’
Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges, 46–48
outcomes from City-Wide Food and Agriculture Panels, 40–42
outcomes from Water in a Changing Climate, 58–60, 176
Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER), 94–95
Synergy Alberta, 92
systemic design, 214–15
systems theory: approach to public deliberation, 20–21
and climate change, 199–200
effect of deliberative democracy on, 219–20
how it could have improved ABCD, 216–19
and one-off events, 69–70
systems thinking, 213
Trudeau, Justin, 86
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement, 8
urbanization, 90–91
values, 61, 68, 174, 180–81, 183–91, 193
Water in a Changing Climate: collaboration in, 159–60, 162–63
demographic profile of, 127
features of, 54–58
framing of climate change for, 139–43, 175
Indigenous input in, 55, 126, 142–43, 182
information provided in, 181
materials and resources for, 179–80
policy context of, 173–74, 176
and sense of ownership by panelists, 189
use of different learning approaches, 187
values discussion in, 184, 185–86
Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs), 140
wicked issues (see also climate change):
climate change as, 10–11, 74, 198–99
and collaboration, 148–49, 165
defined, 8–9
and deliberative civic engagement, 234
deliberative democracy’s fitness for tackling, 3–4
how ABCD deliberations dealt with, 60–62
and need for community-based approaches, 33–34
and representation of all views, 47–48
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