Why inclusive policy matters: an interview with Hirra Khan Adeogun, Possible

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Environment, Uk, Farming, Green Alliance, News, Sustainability, Society & Culture, Government

4.9 • 34 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How can inclusive policy making change policy outcomes? When individuals’ power and privilege often correlate with emission outputs, it is important to consider those involved in environmental policy making. Involving the public in policy making that impacts them often leads to ‘better’ policy and less backlash, yet it isn’t something think tanks consistently do. In this conversation Hirra explores what inclusive policy making means in practice and how Possible’s policies have consequently evolved.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Green Alliance podcast.
0:06.0	We're the charity and think tank that's all about achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.
0:10.8	I'm Sophie, policy advisor at Green Alliance.
0:14.3	In this episode, I speak with Hira Khan Adjogan from the organisation Possible.
0:18.7	We discuss the importance of NGOs and think tanks
0:21.8	undertaking public engagement around their policymaking and the benefits and challenges
0:26.4	that this can bring.
0:34.8	Welcome, Pira. Thank you so much for joining. Hi, Sophie. Thanks for having me. First of all, it would be great to hear from you about your position at Possible and give a bit of an overview of the work that you do at Possible, not just limited to transport, but all your policy areas. Yeah, so Possible is a UK-based charity and the way we see ourselves is we speed up climate action and we inspire people to play their role in the creation of this zero carbon Britain that we know we need to build and we need to see. We're a really positive organisation. A lot of our campaigns are yes focused. We don't do
1:13.7	knows. We do solutions and yeses. But we also do a lot of bold, innovative work. So frequent fly
1:21.4	levy is kind of an example of something that my co-director Leo kind of pioneered and came up with. But we also are really
1:29.8	grounded. We do things like fixing factory, which is it kind of does what it says on the tin. You've
1:34.9	got broken appliances, bring them down to the fixing factory, and we'll have people on hand who can
1:40.7	help you fix your item. And the thing that I'm most closely linked to is the
1:46.0	Car Free Cities work we've done, which is all about sustainable urban transport and how that
1:51.0	touches on people's lives. I think all of the areas we work on, it's the stuff that people can
1:56.3	directly get involved with and effect. And we know that when it comes to lifestyles, we work across the four
2:02.6	areas that are key to reducing carbon. So we've got this strand called getting around. That's where all
2:09.0	the transport kind of work sits. There's a strand called getting away, which is about how we go on
2:13.7	holidays. And we have things like the frequent fly levy and climate perks that sits under that.
2:19.1	We've got a strand on where we live, which is all about homes and the way we heat our homes
2:24.2	and the transition to basically having warmer homes and what that involves.
2:29.2	And then finally, there's what we eat and buy.
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