 
Le Grenelle on the Environment
Method(s) Used
Name of person who posted the project:Ben Rhodes
Location of project:France
Date when the project started:2007
Date when the project ended/project ongoing:2007
Background to project:The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, instigated the Environment Roundtable to come up with national direction on environemental issuesPurpose of project:To mobilise the public and stakeholders to inform the key national environmental issuesProject activities:Six working groups made up of key stakeholders that each focussed on key issues such as climate change, sustainable consumption, biodivresity etc.The results were put to public consultation both online and through many regional workshops and events These were fed back into the final decision-making of the Environment Round Table Project results:"During these four months, any tendencies toward posturing or maintaining conservative attitudes were overridden by the fervent determination to make progress together. We have seen a massive and extraordinarily intense mobilisation" Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable, Development and Spatial PlanningThe whole project can be viewed here http://www.legrenelle-environnement.fr/grenelle-environnement/spip.php?rubrique112 Contact details:See website link above |
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