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The current participatory democracy methods to engage citizens into policymaking are quite rudimental and most of them offer one-way only communication and fail to enable inclusive dialogue between citizens and institutions. Additionally, the deliberative spaces that are available today to co-create ideas and bridge these ideas to actions across diverse institutions and expertise are highly […]

The Summit of the Future originated from a recommendation in the Our Common Agenda report, an initiative launched by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres for ideas on how better to respond to current and future challenges. Its aim is two-fold: accelerate efforts to meet our existing international commitments, and take concrete steps to respond to

Climate change is a multidimensional and transversal phenomenon. It is not just global warning, it directly affects many ecosystems and their biodiversity, by altering climatic variability and precipitation patterns, the intensity and duration of extreme weather events, and shifts in seasonality. In addition, the economic impact is also considerable across EU regions with income divergence

While most people tend to address climate change as a problem that will happen in the future, when looking at the facts and scientific data, it is impossible to deny that it is already happening today and has a significant impact on the lives of many people. Temperature records are broken every year and the

On May 23rd and 24th, the NeuroClima partners gathered in Lisbon, at NOVA University of Lisbon – Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, for a two-day meeting filled with fruitful and collaborative discussions to ensure the achievement of the project’s ambitious goals and objectives. The event, hosted by Professor Maria José Roxo, delved into the

Will the European Union achieve the goal of becoming climate resilient by 2050? Are we ready for an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change that is smart, swift and systemic enough? How could we design efficient, effective, initiatives and approaches that meaningfully include citizens in the shaping, proposition and application of climate-related policies?  NeuroClima, a project