TY - JOUR

T1 - “Climate translators” building trust and local democratic cooperation on green transition

T2 - Denmark and Germany

AU - Doerr, Nicole

AU - Porsild Hansen, Janus

PY - 2024/1/8

Y1 - 2024/1/8

N2 - This article investigates how climate activists engage in building trust in public debates and local political conflicts over green transition. The article applies the empirically grounded concept of “climate translators” to study the challenges of intermediary trust-building by both independent climate activists and institutionally embedded activists who aim to stimulate climate policy change at the local level. In Denmark, municipalities endorse activists as climate translators to promote civic participation and deliberation. In Germany, activists have developed more conflict-oriented translation models based on direct-democratic campaigns and advocacy work outside institutions. We discuss these varied strategies of trust-building as they emerged in different contexts.

AB - This article investigates how climate activists engage in building trust in public debates and local political conflicts over green transition. The article applies the empirically grounded concept of “climate translators” to study the challenges of intermediary trust-building by both independent climate activists and institutionally embedded activists who aim to stimulate climate policy change at the local level. In Denmark, municipalities endorse activists as climate translators to promote civic participation and deliberation. In Germany, activists have developed more conflict-oriented translation models based on direct-democratic campaigns and advocacy work outside institutions. We discuss these varied strategies of trust-building as they emerged in different contexts.

U2 - 10.1177/00207152231219489

DO - 10.1177/00207152231219489

M3 - Journal article

JO - International Journal of Comparative Sociology

JF - International Journal of Comparative Sociology

SN - 0020-7152

ER -