‘Trying to talk to the emotions’: Engaging citizens on local climate action needs both head and heart
Written by Alan MacKenzie Cities can’t reach climate neutrality without help – not only do they need the consent of locals for ambitious plans, but they need their ideas too. Grenoble-Alpes Métropole in France is treating the challenge seriously and recently told other cities how they are making collaboration meaningful with their citizens. “We know that it's not only talking to the brain that provokes change, so we also try to change our way of acting and trying to talk to the emotions also,” says Ylva Brasjo from Grenoble-Alpes Métropole’s climate team. [...]

