29 Local dissemination activities, such as meetings with local decision-makers, newspaper and television reports, and a public exhibition, contribute to wider awareness-raising and can help increase political pressure towards policy change. Actively try to link to ‘trigger events’, e.g., emergencies, disasters, or outbreaks such as COVID-19. This will open up both the need and willingness to use alternative data sources. Provide opportunities for citizens to present their evidence to policy-makers (spaces for encounter and mediation) and actively seek out existing opportunities and needs, such as desired changes and required resources. Examples of such settings include citizen assemblies and participatory budgeting. 25 27 26 CS P CS P CS P Public advocacy and lobbying in the D-NOSES project Example 7: Public advocacy and lobbying in the D-NOSES project D-NOSES advocated for the introduction of odour pollution into policy agendas at local, national, and international level. The project managed to provide input for several regulatory processes in Chile, Portugal, and Uganda. In addition, the D-NOSES project attracted the attention of the European Parliament and organised an event with the title “Revisiting Odour Pollution in Europe” hosted by the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. The meeting was held in October 2021 and aimed at bringing together policy makers, representatives from industries, communities, and academia to share their perspectives on the issue, discuss the main challenges of regulating odours, and share recommendations for an improved odour management policy framework, based on the lessons learned by D-NOSES. See the full project