Workshop on Hearing Unheard Voices in Climate Assemblies | KNOCA

Climate assemblies make recommendations with profound long-term impacts on humans yet to be born and nonhuman nature. But these affected constituencies are typically not participants in the assembly’s deliberations and collective decision making. What would it mean for future generations, other living beings and ecosystems to have voice within climate assemblies? Is it desirable or even practically possible?
Giving voice to future generations and nonhuman nature raises many challenges for participatory and deliberative democracy. This workshop unpacked some of these issues - both conceptual and, most importantly, practical. We learned from practitioners who have designed deliberative processes that aim to give voice to future generations and/or nonhuman nature. Foremost, we participated in a live experiment to give voice to nature with time to share our hopes and concerns as a community of practice.
In the video you will find the following chapters:
00:00 Welcome and introductions - Graham Smith
04:53 Future Design - Professor Tatsuyoshi Saijo
19:47 Including nonhuman nature in assemblies- Judith Ferrando
37:56 Conceptual and practical response - Lucy Parry
45:32 Panel discussion  
01:16:55 Bringing in the unheard voices - Experimental exercise by Martina Francesca and Sara Bigi
01:33:22 Collecting thoughts on Jamboard
01:37:55 Summary and Key learnings from experimental exercise
02:02:55 Final reflections and closing by Graham Smith
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