The chapter explores the innovative use of a global lottery to select a diverse group of individuals for a representative assembly addressing climate and ecological crises. It discusses the potential for more inclusive decision-making and rebuilding democracy on a global scale.
In 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, Jon Stever launched an extraordinary experiment to draw together a representative sample of the world to discuss the climate and ecological crisis the world is facing. In this conversation, I talk to him about how he and his team did that, and what it teaches us about the potential for citizen assemblies generally.