Effective climate protection and citizen participation - is that even possible?

The impact of the climate crisis on our social lives is becoming ever more noticeable. It is clear that without far-reaching changes in the energy, transport and mobility sectors, for example, there is no chance of achieving the 1.5 degree target.

But how do we actually bring together effective climate protection and democratic decision-making? How do we manage to adopt climate protection measures quickly, but not lose people along the way? Can our democracy achieve this? And if so, how?

At our Themed evening: Effective climate protection and citizen participation - is that even possible? we want to talk about exactly that. Using concrete examples from Germany and Europe, we want to show and discuss the interplay between climate protection and democratic co-determination. And we will talk about the Berlin Climate Citizens' Council, whose proposals have now been discussed and largely adopted by the Berlin Senate: Where do we stand, what have we achieved and where do we go from here?

We look forward to exciting presentations by our speakers and stimulating discussions.

The event will take place in the

House of Democracy and Human Rights
Robert Havemann Hall
Greifswalder Street 4
10405 Berlin

from 18:00 - 20:00 hrs.

Schedule for the event:
18:00 - Welcome by the organizers

18:15 - Climate change - effective, participatory and democratic? Experiences from Germany and Europe

Moderator: Anselm Renn, Mehr Demokratie e.V.

With inputs from:
1. municipal: Klimawende Köln, spokesperson Achim Wölfel, Mehr Demokratie NRW
2nd Germany: Bicycle rallies throughout Germany, speaker Florian Keiper, Changing Cities
3rd Europe: CODE Europe - digital citizen participation to improve air quality, Andreas Müller, Democracy International e.V.

19:00 - 19:15 - Break

7:15 pm - Panel discussion: The Berlin Climate Citizens' Council: What has it achieved and what's next?

Moderation: Rabea Koss, Climate Protection Citizens' Initiative

We discuss with:

- Prof. Dr. Liudger Dienel, Nexus

- Oliver Wiedmann, More Democracy

- Michaela Zimmermann, Klimaneustart Berlin

- Karin Gabbert, participant in the Berlin Climate Citizens' Council

20:00 - End

The event was streamed and recorded as a video.

Here is the video of the event