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Welcome to Climate Brief, an Ecosia series on how to navigate the era of climate change.

Is democracy failing at solving climate change? In this video, we dive into the basics of European political systems and how citizens can protect and strengthen democracy for more impactful action on climate change. Here are three problems of democracy in its current form -- and the solutions we need for better climate action and justice.

0:00 Intro
1:01 How parliamentary governments work
1:32 Pitfalls of strategic voting
2:37 Solution: make votes count
3:08 Pitfalls of policymaking
3:48 Solution: citizen councils and assemblies
4:37 The separation of powers
5:57 Outro

#UpdateDemocracy #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

The ideas in this video are heavily based on a book by Wolfgang Oels. He is the COO at Ecosia. You can read more about his book here:
https://www.oekom.de/buch/democracy-f...

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MAIN SOURCES:
https://www.oekom.de/buch/democracy-f...
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM
https://climateactiontracker.org/coun...
https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/01...
https://grist.org/climate/climate-law...
   • Is the Paris Climate Agreement Workin...  
https://www.buergerrat.de/en/about-ci...

IF YOU WANT TO DIVE DEEPER:

Is Democracy the problem?
   • Our democracy no longer represents th...  
   • The problem with democracy | Matthew ...  
   • Is There Something Wrong With Democra...  

Democratic systems, the basics
   • The Differences between Democracies  
   • What are differences between a Presid...  
https://www.fairvote.org/how_proporti...
https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/gl...

Citizen councils, citizen assemblies
https://www.dw.com/en/frances-citizen...
https://europeanclimate.org/a-tale-of...
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Produced by Fátima González-Torres (IG: @fatilugonzalevic)
Editing & post-production by Sina Samavati (IG: @sinasamavati)
Motion graphics & animation by Sina Samavati (IG: @sinasamavati)
Writing by Fátima González-Torres (IG: @fatilugonzalevic)
Cinematography by Sina Samavati (IG: @sinasamavati)

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