Conceived by Professor Bethany Wiggin and moderated by UPenn scientist Michael Mann, this event and its companion documentation offer a high-profile platform to present climate storytelling work and to learn and connect with others working in this important space.

A decade ago, the term “climate storytelling” was new. Today, it’s proliferating, used by practitioners and theorists to describe stories that connect global climate change with local people and places. Climate stories can disrupt stories of business as usual. They can grapple with history and inspire hope. They can imagine flourishing futures, even as they also deal in dystopian presents. They can present agentic pathways, sharing examples of individuals and communities working for and realizing the climate they want. Good climate storytellers work with climate science, and they also work across sectors: in the media and the arts and humanities, in Hollywood and elementary school classrooms, in the climate movement and in climate science.

As climate storytelling gains steam—fueled by the urgent need to advance climate solutions that cut carbon and methane pollution and protect communities from extreme weather—we’ll gather climate storytellers across sectors to learn from one another and spark generative, collaborative conversations.

Selected storytellers will present at the live summit on Thursday, April 10, which will be broadcast over zoom, will be free and open to the public, and will be recorded and made available free online. Please register in advance.