On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, 'WWViews', was the first-ever global democratic deliberation an attempt to enable ordinary people to reach informed decisions on and impact the global policy process.

This book which analyzes the experiences and lessons from this ground-breaking event marks the beginning of a new kind of democratic politics, providing practical lessons on how to increase the impact of global deliberation projects within the media and on official...