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New resource on Climate Themed PB

on 3 March, 2022 in Documents, Environment, International

Yves Cabannes is a leading researcher and practitioner in Participatory Budgeting, and in recent years has been focussing his work on climate themed PB. He has shared with us a number of publications that explore this topic in depth. Greening cities through Participatory Budgeting: Answers to climate change from Lisbon, Portugal and Molina de Segura,… Read More

Contributions of Participatory Budgeting to climate change adaptation and mitigation

on 28 September, 2020 in Documents, Environment, International, News

On the basis of its 2020 thematic priorities, the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy(OIPD) requested a study on climate change adaptation and citizen participation. Prof Yves Cabannes, Urban Planner and activist specializing in urban and municipal governance, and Emeritus Professor of Development Planning (UCL / DPU) pulled the report together. The report describes PB initiatives… Read More

The hidden opportunity of the climate crisis: Participatory democracy and people powered change

on 17 February, 2020 in Blogs, Environment

In our latest guest blog Alan Budge discusses his feelings about the climate emergency, sees some rays of hope, and offers some ways forward. I am worried. The climate crisis is, to my mind, very real, and very scary. In the final analysis (hopefully not too prophetic a term) it matters more than anything else;… Read More

Our Money Our Planet: New report on using PB to tackle the Climate Crisis

on 28 October, 2019 in Documents, Environment, Featured

There is overwhelming evidence that we are in a climate emergency.  It is of maximum importance that we move on from debating the evidence towards taking immediate action.  Given the reluctance of politicians to take decisive action so far this appears to remain a very challenging task. Many people feel a sense of powerlessness, and… Read More

Lisbon agrees 5m euro fund for Green PB

on 5 July, 2019 in Environment, International, News

Lisbon City Council’s first-ever ‘green’ participatory budget, an initiative supported and managed by South Pole and EIT Climate-KIC’s City Finance Lab, has been allocated a €5 million budget to support climate change mitigation and adaptation projects selected by local citizens. The Mayor of Lisbon made the announcement in May 2019 during the ceremony for this… Read More

Our Money, Our Planet. Participatory Budgeting and the Green New Deal

on 27 March, 2019 in Blogs, Environment, Featured, News, Young People

In a new blog featured on the Shared Future CIC’s website Alan Budge connects PB and climate change. We feature some highlights below. Participatory Budgeting(PB) enables people to make their community better, starting with issues that concern us all.  The biggest concern we face as a society is climate change. In August 2018, Greta Thunberg,… Read More

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