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Rooted in the belief that culture, creative inquiry, and storytelling are essential to addressing the climate crisis, RewriteCOP was launched to empower individuals to shape climate policy through art and creative expression.

Evolving from the foundations of the Agam Agenda, RewriteCOP serves as a platform for artists and activists to elevate the voices of those most marginalized in climate policy discussions, ensuring they are heard at the world’s largest climate conferences.

Since our first call, we’ve gathered the visions of a resilient future from those living on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
“Science and policy alone cannot bring people in, cannot make them act. Communities that are on the frontlines will not be moved by spreadsheets, and they will not be moved by manifestos. So we need the power of poetry, we need the power of language and visual arts, to bring this message in a different way to make people stop and pause, to use what is every day and transform that into something else."
Renato Redentor Constantino
Renato Redentor ConstantinoAdvisor, CVF-V20 Secretariat
“I think everyone in this room is refusing to just become victims, like the photos become photo subjects of how climate change is victimizing the whole world. I think everyone is surviving. And hopefully, if you can have enough artistic expression of how resilience, how thriving looks like, I think the world will follow suit eventually.”
Angelo Kairos Dela Cruz
Angelo Kairos Dela CruzExecutive Director, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities
"Poets and other artists, especially from the youth sector, play a crucial role in opening up the conversation on the realities of climate change on the ground and the urgency of real systemic changes needed."
Nazrin Castro
Nazrin CastroManager, The Climate Reality Project Philippines
EXPLAINERS AND PROMPTS FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Securing the finances needed of vulnerable countries will be a key focus at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, this November. Countries are expected to establish a new, more ambitious financial target under the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), but deep divisions remain over its scale, sources, and allocation.

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The final COP28 agreement, though not explicitly endorsing a fossil fuel phase-out, underscored the need to reduce emission reduction targets of 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels.

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We cannot call for climate justice and equity without calling for an overhaul of the international financial system.

In line with our invitation to #RewriteCOP, we prepared an overview of the role of the World Bank Group in addressing critical issues of climate finance—one of the three main negotiation areas in COP28.

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