2024 Schedule

Museums are typically testaments to the past, but a growing number are using exhibitions to shape our response to the future—specifically to climate change. Museum leaders will share how they see their institutions as mediums for storytelling, and how they balance truth-telling and advocacy.

One of the most enduring qualities of literary fiction is that it asks what it means to be human, and more and more writers are asking that question as it relates to climate change. Hear from the authors who are crafting this growing genre and offering a view into our speculative—and real—futures.

To succeed, the climate movement needs people with completely different backgrounds and skills who can break down national and disciplinary borders. In this hands-on training with an unlikely duo, a musician and a scientist, participants will explore the highs and lows of collaborative effort and test it out in the room.

Storytelling is key to delivering on a sustainable future, but the secrets of TV and film funding and production are hidden away. In this practical session, learn from filmmakers about documentary films and scripted stories, and how to unlock the power of storytelling in your organization, individual activism, and philanthropic ambitions.

Exponential change is possible, as technologies such as renewables accelerate toward universal adoption—but first we have to let ourselves imagine. Hear about surprising places where exponential change is already happening and participate in a guided visioning session to imagine what a clean, green, and just future could look like.

Every day brings dozens of new climate stories in the media, but substance often falls prey to click-chasing and brevity, and predominantly-white newsrooms often give less coverage to the disproportionate impact that climate change is having on communities of color. Hear from environmental journalists, working within these newsrooms, about how they are striving for greater coverage, reach, and div...

Fifty nine percent of Americans are “alarmed” or “concerned” about climate change, and we already have the technology to drastically reduce our emissions. So… why don’t we? In this interactive panel, explore how to build political will by depolarizing climate change, turning everyday citizens into climate lobbyists in Congress, and transforming the electorate to alter our emissions trajectory.

Fossil fuels and renewables dominate mitigation conversations, but other emission reduction opportunities are hiding in plain sight. Decarbonization roadmaps for the built environment are increasingly clear, and solutions for hard-to-abate emissions—biomass, refrigerants, landfills, regenerative agriculture, hydrogen—are coming into view, and all will play a significant role in delivering global...