Safe Spaces in Unsafe Environments – Facilitating Dialogue and Reflection at the UN Climate Conference

In our recent publication “Safe Spaces in Unsafe Environments – Experiences from COP26 About Hosting Inclusive Spaces for Deep Encounters and Reflection”, we summarize our experiences with designing and facilitating “safe-enough” spaces for fruitful dialogue and collaboration at the UNFCCC COP. Two key observations that we make in this publication are that relationship-building can significantly deepen the quality of discussions in these spaces and that acknowledging the unsafety of a space actually helps to build more safety among people.