Impact Evaluation of the Spanish Citizens' Climate Assembly. - Fernández-Martínez, José Luis; Bates, Coco (My University, 2023)
The Spanish Citizens´ Climate Assembly (SCCA) started in November 2021 and concluded in May 2022. This report aims to evaluate the SCCA´s impact across different areas, including policy, assembly members’ attitudes, public engagement, and the media. To guide this evaluation, we employed the Impact Evaluation Framework (IEF) developed byChristina Demski and Stuart Capstick of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) for the Knowledge Network of Climate Assemblies (KNOCA). The IEF can be downloaded from the KNOCA website. 1 Our research strategy relied on methodological triangulation, incorporating various means of data collection, including: opinion surveys (among assembly members, the general population, and political representatives and policymakers), qualitative interviews (with organisers, assembly members, public servants, and recognised experts), document analysis, and a systematic examination of digital and social media.
Keywords: Cambios climáticos; Democracia directa; Participación social; Movimiento ecologista; Citizens' Assembly; Citizens' Climate Assembly; Impact evaluation; Mini-public; Deliberative democracy; Participatory democracy