Citizen participation in climate governance

Abstract

Major parts of this book are devoted to the evaluation of (e-)participation through a quasi-experimental field study of a set of exercises in the area of local climate governance. For this reason, the chapter outlines the development of public participation in climate governance and provides an overview of theoretical frameworks and assumptions linking citizen engagement and change processes at the individual and societal level. A special focus is on behavior change interventions and rationales behind the participation format of the local climate initiatives studied in the e2democracy field study.