Future is Climate (FIC) is a science and citizen participation project that seeks to promote learning, dialogue, and deliberation as fundamental tools for addressing the climate crisis. To this end, it has gathered 27 young people, one for each European Union member state, who have participated for six months in a process of training, science, and deliberation, with the aim of providing a new approach to climate change, as well as various measures that propose solutions.
What is the EU FUTURE IS CLIMATE?
Final report and maps
The EU Future is Climate is a groundbreaking initiative designed to empower young people across the EU to co-create climate policy. Based on the Spanish experience, this project brings together a European Climate Metaforum – with one young representative from each EU Member State – and a Climate Advisory Council of leading climate scientists. Together, they engage in training, dialogue, and consensus-building, culminating in actionable policy recommendations.
In a world constantly inundated with misinformation, polarization, hate speech, and clickbait videos, we need more spaces for calm and nuanced debates. It’s what the complexity of the climate crisis needs. Climate action requires everyone to step up, and who better than young people to do so, hand in hand with climate experts?
The EU Future is Climate is not just about speaking up; it’s about developing critical thinking on the matter, it’s about listening and contributing actively to debates, and it’s about building shared solutions in an increasingly polarized environment.
Project phases
Background
EU Climate Metaforum
27 young representatives from all over Europe that will discuss, defend and make recommendations regarding Europe’s climate present and future.
Are you a young EU citizen (18-35)? Do you want to be part of the EU Climate Metaforum?
EU Climate Advisory Council
Climate and democracy experts that want to join the Climate Metaforum in the deliberation and consensus-building sessions, providing their knowledge and guidance.
Do you want to join this deliberative body, or do you want to recommend someone you know?
EFIC Collaborators
They are the amplifiers, the ecosystem that helps us reach people. Let’s make sure that more and more people engage in this participatory process!
Are you a media outlet? An academic institution? A climate or youth network? Would you like to share this project or discuss it with your audience or stakeholders?