They are always mobilized for the climate. After working in 2020 on 149 proposals to reduce France’s greenhouse gas emissions, proposals partly included in the “Climate and Resilience” law, 51 of the citizens drawn for this unprecedented democratic process sign a forum on franceinfo to “bring their voice and their experience to the international actors” of the COP26. They recommend the development “of citizens’ assemblies and other exercises of democratic participation”. They express themselves here freely.
If the mandate entrusted to us by the President of the Republic is over, our civic duty will never end. At the time of the opening of the COP26 in Glasgow, we want to recall the challenges and expectations of citizens vis-à-vis the systemic risk and the universal nature of global warming, crises that will impact us and are already impacting us. collectively. Democracy appears to be a necessary remedy in the face of this emergency situation and the inability of our societies to build their resilience. But it is still necessary that democracy can be expressed, and that citizen as citizen can find their place in the discussions that are taking place.
One after the other, the Conferences of the Parties (COP) have become the place of words and promises, giving rise to quantified objectives that have never really been achieved and not very tangible for populations eager for change.
The signatories of the platform
Like the Citizen’s Climate Convention, which represented a desire to bring citizens back to the center of democratic debate, these large gatherings, where decisions taken impact everyone’s future, should be more transparent and audible. and inclusive. While the political leaders of our countries will meet for the umpteenth time, should we not advocate more horizontality in the discussions and thus create the conditions for a new debate and, ultimately, for concerted action?
Combining political ambitions, scientific findings, personal experiences and experiences of each member, the Citizen’s Climate Convention will have been a laboratory of what concerted climate action of tomorrow can become. We are convinced of it. The Glasgow COP must be the place for this change of scale if it is to lead to concrete changes.
Indeed, the time for observations is over:
We know and you know that we have to renovate our buildings to save the energy of tomorrow and build the conditions for a sustainable habitat for all.
We know and you know that we must rethink our mobilities, both in their frequency and in their modalities.
We know and you know that we must find the paths of an agroecology respectful of resources.
We know and you know that we will have to rethink our international agreements through the prism of environmental impacts.
We know and you know that our planet has its limits and that every day we go beyond reminds us of it.
So let’s dare! Let us dare to jump into a sustainable future where political commitment will go hand in hand with civic commitment. One must feed the other, and vice versa. It is only by bringing them together that we will face the important and urgent choices facing us.
Scientists, politicians, economic actors, citizens, let us sit at the same table, to bring out this collective and resilient intelligence. Let us disseminate a democratic renewal of citizen deliberation, a pledge of proposals in the service of the general interest. Faced with the voices that are already predicting the failure of this international summit and its negotiations, we, the citizens, want to believe that it is possible to instill something else. For this, it remains to include the voice of citizens at the highest level.
51 citizens ‘signatures from 150 citizens drawn by lot at the citizens’ convention for the climate.
Mr. Lambert A.
Mr. Samyr A.
Mr. William A. *
Mr. Benoît B.
Mr. Hugues-Olivier B.
Ms. Marie-Hélène B.
Ms. Mélanie B. *
Mr. Pascal B.
Mr. Sylvain B.
Ms. Claire B. *
Mr. Jean-Pierre C.
M. Jephthé C.
Ms. Julie C.
Ms. Mélanie C. *
Ms. Vanessa C.
Mr. Victor C. *
Ms. Evelyne D.
Ms. Marie-Sylvie D.
Mr. Mathieu D.
Mr. Mohamed D.
Mrs Danièle de S.
Mr. Tristan D.
Ms. Alexia F.
Mr. Denis F.
Mr. Mickaël F.
Mr. Grégoire F. *
Mr. Guillaume G.
Mr. Robert G.
Mrs Marie-Noëlle I.
Mr. Eric J.
Ms. Radja K.
Ms. Mireille L.
Ms. Myriam L.
Mrs Emilie L.-A.
Ms. Claire M.
Mrs Eveline M.
Mr. Jean-Claude M.
Mr. Lionel M.
Mr. Matthias M.
Mr. Philippe M.
Mr. Grégory O. *
Mr. Siriki O.
Ms. Amandine R.
Ms. Marine R.
Mr. Guillaume R. *
Ms. Adeline S.
Ms. Anunziata S.
Mr. Malik S.
Mr. Mathieu S.
Mr. Matthieu S.
Ms. Patricia S.
* William Aucant and Mélanie Cosnier are now EELV regional advisers for Pays de la Loire. Grégoire Fraty was a candidate for the regional in Normandy on an LREM list. Mélanie Blanchetot was a candidate for departmental in Hauts-de-Seine for LREM. Grégory Oliveira Dos Santos was a candidate for the regional in Brittany on the list of the ecologist Daniel Cueff. Victor Costa was a candidate for the departmental in Yonne for the union of the left and environmentalists. Claire Burlet was a candidate for regional in Hauts-de-France on an LREM list. Guillaume Robert was a candidate for regional in Reunion on the PS-PCR list.