English Abstract The COOL (=Climate OptiOns for the Long term) project
has a twofold objective:- Developing strategic notions how drastic
reductions of GHG emissions in the Netherlands can be achieved in the long
term, in an European and global context, using a method of participatory
integrated assessment.- Making recommendations for improving the
methodology of participatory integrated assessment, in particular regarding
(1) stakeholder participation, (2) utilisation of knowledge by stakeholder
participants, and (3) facilitating the linking of the three geographic and
political levels (NL, EU, global) by stakeholders.This report focuses on
the second objective of the COOL project. The COOL project consists of
three subprojects: a national, an European and a Global dialogue. The three
projects have starting points in common, but have developed throughout their
running in partly different directions. All three projects are evaluated
with respect to their dialogue structure, the utilisation of knowledge by
participants in the participatory integrated assessment and with respect to
the interactions between the three projects. From these evaluations lessons
are drawn how in the future participatory integrated assessment projects can
be better organised and how they can better contribute to - in this case -
climate change policy making.
