The Bude Area Community Jury on Climate Change brought together 34 people from across the wider Bude area, reflecting the demographic make-up of our corner of north Cornwall (Bude-Stratton and the 10 surrounding parishes of Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, Jacobstow, St Gennys, Whitstone, Poundstock, Week St Mary, Kilkhampton, North Tamerton and Launcells).
Jury members were randomly selected from 171 registrations received following a mailshot to all 8,500 households in the wider Bude area.
The jury met for 30 hours in September and November 2023.
Participants heard from a range of external ‘commentators’ whom they were able to question, and at the end of the process the group reached a consensus before writing a set of recommendations. These recommendations were revealed to the wider community at a launch event in January 2024.