Comment on “Climate Change Mitigation: Potential Negative Impacts if Progressed: Citizens’ Deliberation as the Path to Finding Solutions” [in Japanese]
On June 29, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law on the article “Climate Change Mitigation: Potential Negative Impacts if Progressed: Citizens’ Deliberation as the Path to Finding Solutions.” This article highlights the importance of climate conferences by citizens. Citizens, not just the government, must implement specific measures to address climate change. Also, various issues, such as information inaccuracies and distrust of public opinion, currently undermine democracy. Therefore, Professor Ichihara emphasized the potential of discovering solutions through the experience of the climate citizen conference. She further commented that this initiative represents a ray of hope for democracy.
