Transforming public participation and catalysing change

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dc.contributor.authorMoriarty, Róisín
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Hannah
dc.contributor.funderSustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Ireland
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Transport
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of the Environment, Climate and Communications
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T15:07:32Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T17:02:06Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-13T15:07:32Z
dc.date.issued2023-12en
dc.date.updated2024-03-11T17:02:10Zen
dc.description.abstractKey messages: System change is necessary so that individuals can lead low-carbon and resilient lives, as opposed to individuals taking responsibility for changing their behaviour. However, individuals participating in collective action play a role in changing systems. Policies and measures need to be perceived as fair and work to reduce inequalities if the public are to engage with and support the disparate change required to act on climate change and biodiversity loss. Inclusive public participation in policymaking is a key enabler of climate action and can increase social trust. Empowered communities can drive change at a local level, which can drive and reinforce broader societal shifts. Change is not happening fast enough. Catalysts can augment the speed, scale and depth of change and overcome inertia within the system. Catalysts include leadership, social movements, litigation and culture. Children and young people have been instrumental in catalysing change and keeping climate action on the political agenda. Through social movements and litigation, they have reframed climate action, or the lack thereof, as a social justice and intergenerational human rights issue.en
dc.description.statusNot peer reviewed
dc.description.versionPublished Version
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dc.identifier.citationMoriarty, R. and Daly, H. (2023) 'Transforming public participation and catalysing change', in Moriarty, R., O’Mahony, T., Stefaniec, A. and Boucher, J. L. (2023) Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Volume 4: Realising the benefits of transition and transformation. Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland: Environmental Protection Agency, pp. 184-200. Available at: https://www.epa.ie/publications/monitoring--assessment/climate-change/irelands-climate-change-assessment-volume-4.php (Accessed: 13 March 2024)en
dc.identifier.endpage200
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-80009-128-3
dc.identifier.startpage184
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15673
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEnvironmental Protection Agencyen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.epa.ie/publications/monitoring--assessment/climate-change/irelands-climate-change-assessment-volume-4.php
dc.rights© 2023, Environmental Protection Agency.
dc.subjectSystem change
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectBiodiversity loss
dc.subjectSocial trust
dc.subjectSocial justice
dc.subjectIntergenerational human rights
dc.titleTransforming public participation and catalysing changeen
dc.typeReporten
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