This episode was recorded on May 28, 2025 during the 21st ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly & 9th Gathering of the Open Parliament Network, titled “Legislating for the Future: Harnessing Anticipatory Governance in Parliamentary Action,” co-organized by ParlAmericas and the Parliament of Uruguay. In this episode, you’ll hear from Samantha Khan, Specialist in Social Innovation, Impact, and Cultural Diplomacy, as she explores how inclusive participation can strengthen parliamentary climate action and how the decisions made today by parliamentarians will shape our future. In her remarks she stresses the existing opportunity to collectively build a future that is sustainable and equitable by meaningfully listening to people and including them in decision-making processes. Ms. Khan also reflects on the importance of parliaments in advancing these sustainable and regenerative policies.
This episode was recorded on May 28, 2025 during the 21st ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly & 9th Gathering of Open Parliament Network. Titled “Legislating for the Future: Harnessing Anticipatory Governance in Parliamentary Action,” this meeting was organized by ParlAmericas and the Parliament of Uruguay.
Listen to Samantha Khan, Specialist in Social Innovation, Impact, and Cultural Diplomacy, outline how inclusive participation can strengthen parliamentary climate action. Her remarks underscore that the decisions made today by parliamentarians will shape the future, and that there is an opportunity to build it collectively and on the basis of sustainability by truly listening to people and including them in decision-making processes.
Khan reflects on the importance of parliamentary action in advancing sustainable and regenerative policies, and how community empowerment and participation is key to achieving this.