Culture for climate and health - Part 1
How to join
In person. The Health Pavilion is situated in the COP31 Blue Zone and is open to UNFCCC-accredited participants only.
Online. All sessions from the Health Pavilion will be livestreamed and everyone is welcome to join online. Livestream: COP31 Health Pavilion
About the event
The climate crisis is a crisis of culture.
It is the result of human behaviour, rooted in how we consume, what we prioritise, and how we understand our place within the planet’s ecosystems. Shifting these patterns and fostering lasting change requires culture itself to be part of the conversation.
This session is the first of two COP31 events in the Health Pavillion that bring together voices from climate, culture, and health to explore how the arts can support health related impacts of climate change through mitigation, adaptation and communication.
Join us for a live performance by Flow (EarthSonic), an international collaboration of women artists that turns lived experiences of water, health and territory into music. This will be followed by a panel discussion that builds on a newly published Arts, Health and Climate Policy Brief by WHO and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. The session aims to strengthen multisectoral dialogue and build an alliance of environment, culture and health as we head into the new UN Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development.
View the trailer for the panel here
Programme
18:15 to 18:30: Musical performance by Flow (EarthSonic). An international collaboration of women artists that turns lived experiences of water, health and territory into music.
18:30 to 19:00: Panel discussion. A moderated conversation on how cultural approaches can shift the behaviours, values and narratives that shape both the health impacts of climate change and our response to it.
19:00 to 19:15: Audience Q&A. An opportunity to join in the discussion with questions, thoughts, and ideas.
Speakers
Robb Butler (moderator), Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE Health; former WHO Director for Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honorary President of the Club of Rome; Executive Chair of Earth4All; Commissioner on the WHO Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health
Sohini Alam, British Bangladeshi singer, composer and music director, and member of Flow (EarthSonic)
Nisha Sajnani, Founding Co-Director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Director, NYU Steinhardt Program in Drama Therapy