ACCENT

ACCENT (Action on Climate Change through Engagement, Networks and Tools) proposed contributing to a global effort, in order to move the campaign for climate change from the "informative" to the "active" phase, through the exchange and dissemination of the best practices, with specific actions that encouraged the involvement of citizens in actions and in dialogue. Through ACCENT, the science centre community itself strengthened the efforts, which its institutions made at the local level in a one-year European Communication Action on climate change issues, the "I Do Campaign", for the dissemination of research results, and established a dialogue among scientists, stakeholders and the public through participatory practices. They capitalized on their skills in a European sustainable web platform that acted as a "collector", as well as a "disseminator", for any organizations dealing with public engagement in science. ACCENT assessed the outcomes from the engagement and the participation of the public, and delivered reliable data on the European citizens' opinions on and perceptions of climate change issues through Local Citizens Debates.