Abstract Technological and policy solutions for transitioning to a fossil-free society exist, many countries could afford the transition, and rational arguments for rapid climate action abound. Yet effective action is still lacking. Dominant policy approaches have failed to generate action at anywhere near the rate, scale or depth needed to avoid potentially catastrophic futures. This is despite 30 years of climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and wide-ranging actions at national, transnational and sub-national levels. Practitioners and scholars are, thus, increasingly arguing that also the root causes of the problem must be addressed – the mindset (or paradigm) out of which the climate emergency has arisen. Against this background, we investigate decision-makers’ views of the need for a different mindset and inner qualities that can support negotiating and activating climate action, along with factors that could enable such a mindset shift. Data were collected during participatory workshops run at the 25th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP25) in 2019, and comprise surveys, as well as social media communication and semi-structured interviews with COP attendees. Our results underline vast agreement among participants regarding the need for a mindset shift that can support new ways of communication and collaboration, based on more relational modes of knowing, being and acting. They also suggest the emergence of such a mindset shift across sectors and contexts, but not yet at the collective and systems levels. Finally, they highlight the importance of transformative skills and the need for experimental, safe spaces. The latter are seen as a visible manifestation and enabler that can support agency for change through shared self-reflection, experience and practice. We present a transformative skills framework, and conclude with further research needs and policy recommendations.

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为谈判和启动气候行动提供新的思维方式和变革技能：来自 UNFCCC 缔约方会议的经验教训

摘要 过渡到无化石社会的技术和政策解决方案是存在的，许多国家能够负担得起过渡，并且对快速气候行动的合理论据比比皆是。然而，仍然缺乏有效的行动。占主导地位的政策方法未能以接近避免潜在灾难性未来所需的速度、规模或深度采取行动。尽管在联合国气候变化框架公约 (UNFCCC) 下进行了 30 年的气候谈判，并在国家、跨国和次国家层面采取了广泛的行动。因此，从业者和学者越来越多地争辩说，还必须解决问题的根本原因——气候紧急情况产生的心态（或范式）。在此背景下，我们调查决策者对需要不同思维方式和内在品质的看法，以支持谈判和启动气候行动，以及可能促成这种思维方式转变的因素。数据是在 2019 年第 25 届 UNFCCC 缔约方会议 (COP25) 举办的参与式研讨会期间收集的，包括调查、社交媒体交流和对 COP 与会者的半结构化访谈。我们的结果强调了参与者之间的广泛共识，即需要一种思维方式转变，以支持基于更多关系模式的认识、存在和行动，以支持新的沟通和协作方式。他们还表明，这种跨部门和跨环境的思维方式转变的出现，但尚未在集体和系统层面出现。最后，它们强调了变革技能的重要性以及对实验性安全空间的需求。后者被视为一种可见的表现形式和推动因素，可以通过共享的自我反思、经验和实践来支持机构进行变革。我们提出了一个变革性的技能框架，并以进一步的研究需求和政策建议作为结论。