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WHAT ARE THE OPEN DIALOGUES ON CLIMATE CHANGE?
The idea of the Open Dialogues on Climate Change (ODCC) is organizing inclusive dialogues between stakeholders concerning the climate crisis. We bring together the voices of different social groups, allowing them to meet, engage in a conversation, and create proposals of specific solutions and system changes which we aim to implement in real life.
As part of the first edition of the ODCC in 2021, more than 200 people joined our team and 13 Open Dialogues happened in 8 countries on 3 continents. We summarized the outcomes and presented our international recommendations during an official side event at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The second edition in 2022 focused on the continent of Africa, featuring 4 Open Dialogues on this continent, along with one in Europe, while the third edition reached 4 continents, with a record-breaking series of 57 national and local events.
OUR MOST RECENT WORK
The 2025 edition of the ODCC, coordinated by the Open Dialogues International Foundation, was a tremendous success, reaching 46 teams in 35 countries across 4 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. 48 Open Dialogues happened between June and October 2025, discussing a wide range of topics, from climate education, through just transition, adaptation and resilience, agriculture and food, all the way to finance and policy. Each of these events was special and they all brought together local communities and diverse social groups. The COP30 in Belem, Brazil summarized ODCC 2025 with an official side event titled "Open Dialogues on Just Transition: Transforming the system without dispute".
OUR AIMS
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Inclusive dialogue between all stakeholder groups
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Worldwide representation, especially of those most affected by climate change
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Creating specific recommendations and solutions in each country and taking efforts to implement them
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Raising awareness, education, and capacity building
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Empowering meaningful conversations and international cooperation
Why do we need an Open Dialogue on Climate Change?
Check out this video to find out!
2026 ODCC APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN!!!
New teams can now apply to host Open Dialogues on Climate Change in their countries in 2026.
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APPLY HERE by 20 April 2026!
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Need more information? Read the ODCC Guidelines for Organizers HERE!
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Curious to see what happened in different countries during the previous editions of Open Dialogues?
Check out the livestream from our official side event at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland!
And the livestream from the side event that we held in December 2023 at the COP28 in Dubai, UAE! Featuring an interactive discussion on open dialogue and participatory approaches as tools for climate action, as well as a national and global summary of ODCC 2023!
As well as this video covering our COP29 side event, where we tried to answer the question if dialogue can still solve climate change, while focusing on the COP priorities. We had a record high audience participation, a lot of speakers from our diverse ODCC teams, and even a real engaging dialogue!