3.2 IDENTIFYING PRIORITY CLIMATE ACTION TOPICS

Box 5: Developing Recommendations

ACTIVITY 2: IDENTIFICATION OF CLIMATE ACTION TOPICS What are the main priority areas in climate action for young people in Ireland?

ACTIVITY 3: WORLD CAFÉ APPROACH TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

The second activity was designed to explore which areas in climate action are a top priority for the delegates. Delegates were asked upload three suggestions onto a shared Padlet screen. When the young people were adding their responses, the co-facilitator grouped similar responses and suggested a title for the theme. When everyone had finished uploading their suggestions, the group reviewed the groupings, labelled the themes before discussing them further (see Figure 1 for an example of a completed Padlet screen and Table 1 for summary of themes identified in each breakout room).

The group was then asked to rank the groupings according to their top four priority areas on Mentimeter poll by ranking their preferences from 1 to 8.

Figure 1: Example of completed Padlet screen (Room 1)

Figure 1: Example of completed Padlet screen (Room 1)

Table 1: Suggestions of topics grouped by breakout room

Table 1: Suggestions of topics grouped by breakout room

Table 1: Suggestions of topics grouped by breakout room

Table 1: Suggestions of topics grouped by breakout room

ROOM 1

Transport

Education and involvement

Youth climate & leadership roles

Sustainable lifestyle changes

Government goals and polices

Renewable energe

Mental health (eco-anxiety)

Climate education in schools

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ROOM 3

Renewable energy

Initiatives

Climate action literacy

Engagement

Government support/reaching targets

Transport

Just transition

The prioritisation exercise reduced the twenty suggested topics to eight topics (Figure 2). The topic with the most votes were selected from each room to develop into recommendations in Activity 4.

Figure 2: Topics with the most votes from each breakout room