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2024年2月21日掲載

3月13日・15日に「気候市民会議と気候民主主義に関する研究会」を開催します

Japan-UK Mutual Learning on Climate Assemblies and Climate Democracy:

A Research Workshop

13 and 15 March 2024, Pacifico Yokohama

「気候民主主義の日本における可能性と課題に関する研究」プロジェクト（科研費23H00526、研究代表者：三上直之名古屋大学大学院環境学研究科教授）と公益財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）、一般社団法人環境政策対話研究所（IDEP）では、「気候市民会議と気候民主主義に関する日英間の学び合い（Japan-UK Mutual Learning on Climate Assemblies and Climate Democracy）」の一環として、3月13日・15日にパシフィコ横浜で研究会を行います。なお、3月14日には別にご案内の通り「気候市民会議実践ワークショップ（Practical Workshop on Climate Assemblies）」を開催します。
本研究会は、主催者および関係者の招待制で行います。ご参加につきましては、下記の連絡先（気候市民会議ワークショップ実行委員会事務局）までお問い合わせください。

[Part 1] Collaboration between research and practice regarding climate assemblies and climate democracy

Date: Wednesday, 13 March (Workshop Day 1), 13:00-16:50

Venue: Habour Lounge B, Pacifico Yokohama

Language: English

13:00-13:30 Opening & Introduction

13:30-15:00 Session 1: Design and evaluation of climate assemblies: How to incorporate the knowledge of experts?
　　　　　　　　　　　気候市民会議のデザインと評価〜専門家の知見をどのように活用するか？〜

Organiser: Ayano Takeuchi (Toho University)

The stakeholders involved in the Climate Assemblies are various. Even if we take only experts, there are experts on climate change itself, experts on climate change countermeasures, and experts on evaluating the climate assemblies. These experts are involved in climate assemblies together with local governments and practitioners, but the stance of their involvement as experts is different. Some are involved in a third-party capacity as experts, while others are involved in the design part as practitioners. There is no right way to be involved, but the design and evaluation of climate assemblies is likely to change depending on the stance researchers are involved. The purpose of this session is to map the stance of experts’ involvement in the climate assemblies and then discuss the impression of experience and future possibilities.

Presentations:

1. Incorporating expertise and evidence in climate assemblies: Challenges and lessons
  Stephen Elstub (Newcastle University)
2. How experts provide information to the climate assemblies in Japan
  Seita Emori (University of Tokyo)
3. Comparative analysis of climate assemblies in Japan
  Ayano Takeuchi (Toho University)

15:20-16:50 Session 2: Putting citizens’ visions into practice: local actors’ collaboration during/after the Climate Citizen Assemblies
　　　　　　　　　　　気候市民会議の「後」：市民のビジョンを現実に変える地域ステークホルダーの協働のあり方

Organiser: Atsushi Watabe (IGES)

In Japan, an escalating number of Climate Citizens’ Conferences have been conducted, where participants put forth policy recommendations to the government and proposed actions for local businesses and citizens. Policies resulting from these citizen discussions, coupled with initiatives taken by businesses and citizens, are anticipated to play a crucial role in advancing the decarbonization of local communities during the implementation phase.
This session will specifically delve into the ‘aftermath’ of the Climate Citizens’ Conference. It aims to explore the roles played by various local stakeholders and experts, including citizens and government representatives who actively participated in the conferences. Additionally, the session will examine the mechanisms established to foster ongoing collaboration and learning, fostering the translation of local decarbonization and climate change adaptation visions into tangible real-world changes. To address this inquiry, insights will be drawn from examples of national regions that have successfully executed climate citizens’ conferences, as well as experiences from UK cities that have adopted a citizen-led approach to address climate change.

Opening Remarks / Introduction to the session: Atsushi Watabe (IGES)

Presentations:

1. Climate actions with/by citizens in Durham, UK
  Maggie Bosanquet (Durham Council)
2. Climate assembly in Tama City, its influence on city’s climate policy and participants
  Noriaki Yamashita (Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP))
3. Direct and indirect influences of climate citizens’ assembly in Tokorozawa City
  Akiko Inagoya, Miyuki Yoshimoto and Motoshi Hiratsuka (Waseda University)

Discussion (moderated by Atsushi Watabe):

Q1 Opportunities and challenges to make the best of citizen’s visions into policymaking and actions

Q2 Roles of governments and experts in putting citizens’ visions into reality

Closing Remarks: Naoyuki Mikami (Nagoya University)

[Part 2] Extending horizons of research on climate and democracy

Date: Friday, 15 March (Workshop Day 3), 9:30-16:30

Venue: Habour Lounge B, Pacifico Yokohama

Language: English

9:30-11:00 Session 3: Reflection on the Practical Workshop on Day 2
　　　　　　　　　　 2日目の「実践ワークショップ」の振り返り

Organiser: Naoyuki Mikami (Nagoya Univerisity)

This session aims to bridge the gap between practice and research regarding climate assemblies and climate democracy. Five commentators will refect from different perspectives on the outcomes of the Day 2 Practical Workshop and then discuss with other participants how we can extend further research on them.

Commentators

Ayami Otsuka (University of Tokyo)

Kenji Asakawa (IGES)

Keisuke Matsuhashi (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

Masahiro Matsuura (Meiji University)

Stephen Elstub

11:20-12:50 Session 4: Institutional design and beyond: Political-theoretical consideration on climate assembly and climate democracy
　　　　　　　　　　　制度デザインとその先――気候市民会議と気候民主主義をめぐる政治理論的考察

Organiser: Tetsuki Tamura (Nagoya University)

In this session, scholars in the field of political theory will address some theoretical issues related to the institutional design of climate citizens’ assemblies and explore conceptions of climate democracy beyond climate citizens’ assemblies.

Presentations

1. Unpacking the Plato’s Cave: On collective intelligence and epistocracy
  Ryota Sakai (Chuo Gakuin University)
2. Adult-led or collaborative inclusion? Children in climate assemblies
  Kei Nishiyama (Kaichi International University)
3. Climate democracy without methodological statism
  Tetsuki Tamura (Nagoya University)

Chair: Toru Yoshida (Doshisha Univeristy)

12:50-13:50 Lunch

13:50-15:20 Session 5: Community power and climate democracy: the origin and beyond
　　　　　　　　　　　コミュニティパワーと気候民主主義

Organiser: Tsunehide Chino (Shinshu University)

Local, endogenous renewable energy development, now collectively referred to as “community power,” has its origins in challenges around the world for democratic, decentralized, and sustainable energy and

society that began in the 1980s. The term “Energy Democracy” is emblematic of this movement. Community power practices in various regions are rapidly networking, for example, following the World Wind Energy Association’s definition (WWEA 2011). However, a more detailed examination of the situation in each country and region reveals that there are still many barriers to the structural transformation of both energy and society. What is the potential of a climate democracy perspective to overcome these barriers? What implications can the practices and difficulties of community power have for climate democracy? In this session, The discussion will be based on three presentations related to community power and climate democracy.

Presentations:

1. Achievement of community power movement and the way forward: Value based strategic collaboration with B Corp movement
  Shota Furuya (Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP))
2. From community power to re-building community: An experience of the Ueda “Reverse/Re-birth” Conference
  Tsunehide Chino (Shinshu University)
3. The (large-scale) solar photovoltaic discourse on Twitter: A social media content analysis
  Christian Doedt (Nagoya University)

15:40-16:30 Closing

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Contact（気候市民会議ワークショップ実行委員会事務局）

cca-secretariat@iges.or.jp

This practical workshop is held as part of “Japan-UK Mutual Learning on Climate Assemblies and Climate Democracy”, supported by JSPS KAKENHI (JP23H00526), the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, and the Great Britain Sakawa Foundation.
本研究会は「気候市民会議と気候民主主義に関する日英間の学び合い」の一環として、科学研究費補助金（23H00526）、大和日英基金助成、グレイトブリテン・ササカワ財団助成金の支援により行います。

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