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Environmental democracy has three pillars: transparency, participation and justice. WFD supports a democratic response to global environmental crises by working with parliaments, political parties and civil society.
Environmental democracy has three pillars: transparency, participation and justice. This document explains how WFD supports a democratic response to global environmental crises by working with parliaments, political parties and civil society.
Briefing |
In 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Bali Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matters to support countries in the implementation of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. The guidelines are widely recognised as the first framework that specifically aims to improve global environmental democracy.
To mark the launch of WFD's new Environmental Democracy Initiative, a virtual parliamentary roundtable featuring legislators from the United Kingdom, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sierra Leone was hosted in July 2020.
WFD and Morocco's House of Representatives have officially launched an Environmental Democracy programme to enhance parliamentary engagement in climate action.
Morocco |
WFD supported the parliament and the government in the preparation of its climate law through an unprecedented process of transparent, public consultation.
Georgia |
WFD supported Pakistan's Standing Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to expand opportunities for citizens and experts to get involved in decision making.
Day 3 of our Conference on Environmental Democracy focuses on putting environmental Democracy into practice.
Following the Conference on Environmental Democracy, WFD commissioned research from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which explores how a greater focus on environmental democracy and governance may help address climate change and environmental degradation. The study with recommendations for policymakers is available here.
Study |
This study explores the potential for development cooperation to help address climate change and environmental degradation through greater focus on environmental governance.
Briefing |
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many governments feeling torn between focusing on addressing the virus and ensuring a recovery on the one hand and addressing the climate emergency on the other. WFD believes that, if they are transparent and inclusive, democracies can do both.
Environmental democracy principles were discussed on Tuesday 21st September at a national workshop in Georgia organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in partnership with the Parliament of Georgia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Georgia |
The British High Commission in Banjul and WFD have officially launched an Environmental Democracy Project, a significant initiative aimed at addressing climate change issues in The Gambia.