Personal & Professional Practice: We Don’t Have Time Climate Conference

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On April 22nd I tuned in online to watch the climate conference in Sweden, 'We Don't Have Time' -

Here are my notes & research links.

We Don’t Have Time Climate Conference
The conference was streamed live around the world, so I was able to listen whilst completely extended practice work.
Link: https://togetherwearethesolution.confetti.events/onlineviewer

Summary:

"What we need: a combination of boots-on-the-ground protests and social network platforms... We have to work harder and be more cohesive" to face our climate and environmental challenges - our President @Kathleenedn at the #WeDontHaveTime conf for #EarthDay

”Individual action and collective action are not mutually exclusive.
We can cut our carbon footprint and also fight for structural change.” says @tessakhan at #WeDontHaveTime Climate Conference#EarthDay

"Our mission is to diversify the movement…" We need to make environment, climate, energy top issues worldwide - our @Kathleenedn at #WeDontHaveTime conf for #EarthDay, announcing our #VoteEarth campaign

"You have the moral obligation to fight #climatechange. You can do it!" - @Team54Projects at the #WeDontHaveTime climate conference.#EarthDay

We must stand together if we want to get anywhere. - EDN's @Nick_Nuttall at the #WeDontHaveTime climate conf, adding he's cautiously optimistic that we have the beginnings of a citizen's movement like we had in 1970 with the first #EarthDay

Our money matters: Why are we not investing all our money in the new economy? It can't just be corporate -- it has to be investors as well. -- @Nick_Nuttall  at the #wedonthavetime climate conf for #EarthDay

"You are part of the problem. In order to fight #climatechange we need to change our economic system." 

“Don’t talk about growth, talk about balance.”@KateRaworth shows that countries are nowhere near meeting people needs while remaining within the planetary boundaries - we are, in fact, all developing countries.

The 2 main obstacles to #ZeroCarbon? According to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs:

Most politicians don’t know solutions are already available.

Corruption - from oil, gas & coal industries.

"We need everyone on board." Good insights from @Team54Projects at the #WeDontHaveTime climate conf, about helping communities activate citizens, starting with a better understanding of science. #ActOnClimate

We need to improve our communications to make the public understand that climate change impacts us all. Our leaders must follow the science and understand that there are solutions. (And we need to elect leaders committed to acting on climate!)

Communicating through art and connecting the dots: Live panel hearing about filmmakers, authors, jewelry designers, photographers, artists engaging the public.

Klaus Thymann - Photographer

PROJECT PRESSURE

- need for a visualisation of climate change that had a little bit of hope and an inspirational touch point, in order to engage with a depressing subject in a positive way

art can make people feel - capture emotions

best way of visualising climate change - glaciers - landscape art / glacier recession is 100% attributed to CC - broad category within the art spectrum

Make the unpalatable palatable - take the facts and turn it into a story - use the facts as building blocks for something that people can digest

the more you bombard people with raw data the less they will be receptive to it

Art is a way of presenting that in a way that people can take on and understand

- it is happening now - exponential time exclamation - need to take drastic steps now - industries needs to change

Åsa Elmstam