From the French Citizens' Convention on Climate to the Conference on the Future of Europe: A participatory science and democracy perspective

IF 1.4 2区社会学 Q1 LAW European Law Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-27 DOI:10.1111/eulj.12369

Laurence Eymard

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The Citizens' Convention on Climate (CCC) gathered 150 people, randomly selected but representing the diversity of French society. Its mandate was to formulate a series of concrete measures aimed to achieve at least a 40% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (compared to 1990) while preserving social justice. The citizens auditioned experts on various topics from climate to economics and then formulated their own proposals, thus building an effective consensus, beyond individual specific interests. Moreover, proposals formed a coherent whole, and in this regard fare much better than previous attempts to tackle environmental and climate transition through public debates. This methodology shows how citizen science can produce efficient and quality outcomes. This opens new perspectives for democracy on the basis of new interaction channels between law-makers, professional experts and citizens. This seems to be the approach chosen for the Conference on the Future of Europe as well. Gathering citizens from all EU countries to work on important topics for Europe and Europeans could be a way to build a common vision, and contribute to the creation of a true European common good. Citizens' direct involvement in science and democracy might be one of the keys to meaningfully and thus successfully address their shortcomings.

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从法国气候公民公约到欧洲未来会议:参与性科学和民主的视角

:气候公民大会(CCC)聚集了150人，他们是随机选择的，但代表了法国社会的多样性。其任务是制定一系列具体措施，旨在实现到2030年(与1990年相比)至少减少40%的温室气体排放，同时维护社会正义。从气候问题到经济问题，公民们听取了专家的意见，然后制定了自己的建议，从而建立了超越个人特定利益的有效共识。此外，这些建议形成了一个连贯的整体，在这方面，比以往通过公开辩论解决环境和气候转型问题的尝试要好得多。这种方法显示了公民科学如何能够产生高效和高质量的结果。这在立法者、专业专家和公民之间新的互动渠道的基础上，为民主开辟了新的前景。这似乎也是欧洲未来会议所选择的方法。将所有欧盟国家的公民聚集在一起，为欧洲和欧洲人的重要议题而努力，可能是建立共同愿景的一种方式，并有助于创造一个真正的欧洲共同利益。公民对科学和民主的直接参与可能是有意义地并因此成功地解决其缺点的关键之一。

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期刊介绍： The European Law Journal represents an authoritative new approach to the study of European Law, developed specifically to express and develop the study and understanding of European law in its social, cultural, political and economic context. It has a highly reputed board of editors. The journal fills a major gap in the current literature on all issues of European law, and is essential reading for anyone studying or practising EU law and its diverse impact on the environment, national legal systems, local government, economic organizations, and European citizens. As well as focusing on the European Union, the journal also examines the national legal systems of countries in Western, Central and Eastern Europe and relations between Europe and other parts of the world, particularly the United States, Japan, China, India, Mercosur and developing countries. The journal is published in English but is dedicated to publishing native language articles and has a dedicated translation fund available for this purpose. It is a refereed journal.