In 2020/2021, Iswe co-initiated and helped to deliver the world’s first Global Assembly on the Climate for COP26. Convened alongside 170 organizations in over 50 countries, it was supported by the UN and UNFCCC. António Guterres called the project “a practical way of showing how we can accelerate action through solidarity and people power.
The Assembly consisted of a 100-person core, chosen by sortition to reflect the demographic makeup of the global population. Community Assemblies – that anyone could run anywhere – were also facilitated, with 1,300+ participants from 41 different countries.