Why climate arts?

We have seen the hunger youth have for creative ways of engaging with climate action, and how their imagination and vision inspire audiences.

Young people deserve better than climate chaos and they know it. The October 2018 report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded a new level of alarm, intensifying the call to transform our society to stave off the worst impacts of climate change and build towards a more equitable, climate-safe future.

We still have time to act, though the window is shrinking. Youth voices cut through the accumulated fog of passivity, driving home the moral imperative of immediate action.

Modeled after a successful Climate Speaks 2019, Climate Speaks 2020 will involve a range of written and spoken arts, as well as more public performance opportunities.