ABSTRACT
The stories integrate and include scientific facts or fictions to our benefit or detriment. Stories can be political and cultural. The Covid-19 pandemic has visibly affected our common stories, shifting our understandings, and altered the boundaries of what we expect from one another and from our societies and governments. Countries, communities, and localities are in a constant, ongoing process of narrative evolution around how they discuss climate change, net-zero plans, and possible solutions. Such stories are specific to location and need to be fact-based, considered, inclusive, impactful, economic, and emotional. The dialogue took place in 125 workshops and community and digital events throughout the country as guided conversations led by facilitators. Participants were asked their views at the start, in writing or via the web, and again towards the end of the conversation. The Denver tax conversation, the UK pension’s debate, and the impactful Scottish Big Climate Conversation are examples.
