Citizens’ Assembly Network: Together - Is this the way to achieve a fair transition to a low-carbon future?
The documentary “Together – Is a Just Climate Transition Possible?” by Niklas and Ronja von Wurmb-Seibel tells the story of the Citizens’ Assembly “Klima-Aufbruch Erlangen”. There, 25 citizens selected at random worked for a year under the guidance of the Heidelberg-based IFEU Institute to devise a path to climate neutrality for their city by 2030 – in consultation with a council of representatives from interest groups, which included civil society groups such as Fridays for Future, trade unions, major companies such as Siemens, the municipal utilities and the University Hospital.
On 3 June 2026, Mehr Demokratie, as part of the Citizens’ Councils Network, is inviting people to an online screening and discussion of the film. The event will feature, amongst others, the film’s author Niklas Wurmb-Seibel, who will be available for questions and discussion.
Initiatives wishing to form their own impression of the film before bringing it to events in their city or network are also expressly invited to the online screening.
Further details will follow.
The event will be recorded and the recording will subsequently be made available to network members.
The film was made possible by funding from the Bavarian Regional Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
About Niklas and Ronja von Wurmb-Seibel
Ronja von Wurmb-Seibel is a Spiegel bestselling author (Wie wir die Welt sehen 2020, Zusammen 2024), Niklas Wurmb-Seibel is a multi-award-winning investigative reporter and filmmaker who has been nominated for an Emmy and a Grimme Prize, among other accolades.
As a film team, they specialise in using their documentaries to initiate and organise the very discourse they wish to see on their subjects – and are therefore almost always available for a discussion on-site or via video link after the screening, engaging with people from the film or key figures at the respective venue.
With their previous film ‘Wir sind jetzt hier’ (We Are Here Now), about seven young men who all fled to Germany around 2015, they have organised around 950 such events – ranging from federal ministries, police academies, job centres, immigration authorities and companies to trade unions and schools.
Citizens’ Assembly Network
The Citizens' Assembly Network is an association of people who are committed to the greater use of mini-publics at the local level or who are involved in this area for other reasons. The aim of the network is to facilitate an ongoing exchange on open questions relating to citizens' assemblies, such as the selection of topics, the sortition procedure, implementation, costs and the implementation of mini-public recommendations. You can find out more about the network here.