Democratizing Climate Governance: An Inconvenient Necessity?

​Is democracy an inconvenient constraint on climate action or an essential condition for solving it?

​Join us at the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes for a fireside conversation in which we ask whether the more urgent crisis is not only climate change but also a crisis of confidence in institutions, and whether closing democratic gaps is a necessary condition for rebuilding that confidence and enabling collective action.

​Drawing on transatlantic experience and two decades of participatory innovation, the discussion will explore:

• ​The original ambition of closing the democratic gap in global climate governance

• ​The evolving tension between legitimacy and speed in participatory processes

• ​The shift from climate as a technical problem to climate as a human welfare and development problem

• ​Competing governance logics: technocratic urgency versus democratic engagement

• ​The implications of rising populism, authoritarian tendencies, and declining trust in institutions

​Speakers:

• ​Bjørn Bedsted, International Director, Democracy X (joining virtually); former Deputy Director, Danish Board of Technology (DBT).

• ​Mahmud Farooque, Associate Director, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO).

​Moderator:

​K.L. Akerlof, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University.

​You can find more information about this program on the CSPO event website https://cspo.org/event/cc042326/

​Presented at DC Climate Week - DC Climate Week is not responsible for this event. It is organized by the organizing group, and being listed on the DCCW calendar is not an endorsement of content or partners.