Libraries and Positive Climate Action: Fiction, Imagination and Hope

The British Library is hosting a series of webinars focused on libraries and the climate crisis. The aim of the series is to bring together international library leaders to share their different responses to the climate emergency.

Many libraries have discovered that working with writers and other artists is a powerful way to convey issues related to the climate crisis, but also to explore solutions and to seek more sustainable models of living and working. This session will reflect on the experience of The Climate Action Almanac, which works with writers around the world to encourage positive climate action. The initiative grew out of ASU’s Center for Science and Imagination, and has provided a model of integrating creativity and the power of storytelling with the reality of climate change across many different communities.

In addition, we will reflect on the examples of libraries that have successfully developed initiatives that harness the potential of imagination to highlight climate issues and inspire climate action.

Speakers will be announced on this page closer to the event.

This event is free and open to the public.