Exploring Climate Cooling

Community engagement

Community engagement is a foundational component for any outdoor experiment. ARIA provides project teams with dedicated budget and expert support services to ensure they can design and undertake robust pre-experiment public engagement and co-design activities.

Before any outdoor experiment can be approved, the independent Oversight Committee will strictly evaluate whether sufficient, meaningful engagement and experimental co-design with the local community have taken place. If this engagement is deemed inadequate, the Oversight Committee has the power to recommend that funding for the experiment be denied.

To ensure consistent, transparent stewardship, any team intending to conduct an outdoor experiment must navigate a phased engagement process:

This is an outline for the engagement process. Teams will tailor their approach to the experiment, location and community. 

You can view an accessible version of these slides here.