How to engage the community to solve climate change

From extreme weather to climate migration to zero emissions, conversations about climate change have been ongoing at the local, national, and international level for years. Yet, the public have often been left out.

It’s now time for governments to partner with their communities to build greener futures together. And to ask, what can communities do to take action?

In this free online workshop, you’ll learn how community engagement can help public servants tap into the collective intelligence of their residents and stakeholders and develop collaborative solutions to climate issues.

You'll learn:

• What community engagement really means and why it is important for tackling climate change
• How governments have utilised community engagement for climate action through concrete case studies
• Useful engagement tools and methods you can use to reach the communities you serve

Who should watch:

This workshop is for any public servant or policymaker who wants to know how to engage the community more effectively on climate change.

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This workshop is in partnership with CitizenLab. CitizenLab is the all-in-one platform for community engagement. It enables local governments and organisations to consult their communities with one central tool to share information, ask for opinions, engage in dialogue, and co-create the future. Today's local democracies face two main issues: difficulty reaching community members and a lack of trust. And yet, traditional engagement methods, such as town halls or paper consultations, are costly, time-consuming, and not representative of our changing communities. That's where CitizenLab comes in - to provide digital platforms for efficient and meaningful community engagement.

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