[ONLINE] - Tracing Pathways to Positive Climate Futures

When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are bad: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves loom over us. These narratives are compelling, but can leave us feeling hopeless, helpless, and disillusioned.

To motivate broad-based change in the present, we need visions of positive climate futures grounded in both science and local geographical and cultural particularities. We need stories of change that bridge the urgent imperative for global coordination with values, resources, and community action, envisioning transformation that grows bottom-up and bottom-out, rather than top-down.

In the wake of the COP28 U.N. climate change summit, join Future Tense for the launch of a collection of such stories: the Climate Action Almanac, presented by Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination and the ClimateWorks Foundation. We’ll be in conversation with contributors to the Almanac from around the world who have charted possible pathways toward a vibrant, decarbonized future.

This event will take place in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish. It is presented by Future Tense in collaboration with the ClimateWorks Foundation and Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination and Convergence Lab.

Featuring:

Kim Stanley Robinson
Climate fiction author, The Ministry for the Future and New York 2140

Libia Brenda
Author, De qué silencio vienes
Climate Imagination Fellow, Arizona State University

Benjamin Ong
Author, The Backyard Before You
Ecologist, educator, and science/nature writer

Vandana Singh
Author, Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories and Utopias of the Third Kind
Climate Imagination Fellow, Arizona State University

Jason Anderson
Senior Program Director, ClimateWorks Foundation

Moderator:

Ed Finn
Coeditor, Climate Action Almanac
Director, Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University

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16 de enero, 3 – 4:30 p.m. ET (2 – 3:30 p.m. hora México)

Delineando caminos hacia futuros climáticos positivos

Cuando pensamos en el clima, las historias que contamos sobre el futuro son malas: megatormentas, malas cosechas y olas de calor que nos amenazan. Estos relatos son convincentes, pero pueden hacernos sentir sin esperanza, impotentes y desilusionados.

Para motivar un cambio trascendental en el presente, necesitamos visiones de un futuro climático positivo, basadas tanto en la ciencia como en las particularidades geográficas y culturales locales. Necesitamos historias de cambio que conecten la urgencia imperativa de la coordinación mundial con los valores, los recursos y la acción comunitaria, imaginando una transformación que ocurra de abajo a arriba y de adentro hacia afuera, y no de arriba abajo.

Tras la Conferencia de la ONU sobre Cambio Climático, COP28, únete a Future Tense y a Convergence Lab en el lanzamiento de una colección de estas historias: el Climate Action Almanac, presentado por el Center for Science and the Imagination de Arizona State University y la ClimateWorks Foundation. Conversaremos con colaboradores del almanaque de todo el mundo que han trazado caminos posibles hacia un futuro vibrante y sin emisiones de carbono.

El evento se llevará a cabo en inglés, con interpretación simultánea al español. Es presentado por Future Tense en colaboración con la ClimateWorks Foundation, Convergence Lab, y el Center for Science and the Imagination de Arizona State University.

Participan:

Kim Stanley Robinson
Autor, The Ministry for the Future and New York 2140

Libia Brenda
Autora, De qué silencio vienes
Climate Imagination Fellow, Arizona State University

Benjamin Ong
Autor, The Backyard Before You
Ecologista, educador y escritor sobre ciencia y naturaleza

Vandana Singh
Autor, Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories and Utopias of the Third Kind
Climate Imagination Fellow, Arizona State University

Jason Anderson
Director de Programas, ClimateWorks Foundation

Moderador:

Ed Finn
Coeditor, Climate Action Almanac
Director, Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University