Climate Narratives: Art, Science and Climate: Aiming for Impact

The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underline the urgency of ambitious measures to secure a livable future. In light of this, the KNAW and NWO have initiated the Climate Institute of the Netherlands (KIN), a hybrid organization of twelve institutes with the aim of supporting and coordinating Dutch climate research for more effective policy.

At the initiative of the Society of Arts, this session of Climate Narratives explores the steps in the collaboration between art and science, specifically in the light of the recently established Climate Institute of the Netherlands (KIN).

Participants

• Artists Ekaterina Volkova and Julien Thomas, and artist/filmmaker Daniel Frota de Abreu
• Liesbeth van de Grift (member of De Jonge Akademie and professor of international history and environment)
• Detlef van Vuuren (senior researcher at PBL and co-author of the IPCC), and others.

Moderated by Jeff Diamanti (Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities). 

Program

• Welcome by Liesbeth Bik, reflecting on art-scientific collaborations. 
• Reflection by Liesbeth van de Grift on the possibilities of art-scientific collaboration in Dutch climate initiatives. What is needed? How can we forge collaborations, set preconditions and stimulate change? 
• Screening of the short film When Objectivity Backfires by Daniel Frota de Abreu, followed by a discussion 
• Reflection on Future Manual for Future Models with Julien Thomas, Ekaterina Volkova and Detlef van Vuuren, moderated by Jeff Diamanti 
• Discussion with panel and audience, moderated by Jeff Diamanti

About the Climate Narratives

This meeting is part of the Climate Narratives series that focuses on new imaginations and perspectives of the climate crisis. The series is designed to create alliances between art and science to stimulate opportunities to inform, speculate and create affective and effective narratives and imaginations for climate action. Climate Narratives brings together artists and scientists from the Society of Arts, The Young Academy and KNAW with artists and scientists outside these institutions.

Climate Narratives was initiated by the Society of Arts, in response to the Climate Sounding Board of the KNAW (of which the Society of Arts is a part) and the webinar series Climate from all sides.