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Jo Lauder for WHO'S GONNA SAVE US?

France's president gave ordinary people the power to formulate national climate policies. He got more than he bargained for

Picture this: It's summer holidays and you're sunning yourself on a beach when your phone pings. 

It's a text message, all caps, asking you to take part in your country's biggest democratic experiment in years. 

If you accept, for the next nine months you'll be learning about climate change and coming up with the nation's policy solutions.

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