As part of a larger effort to bring arts, culture, and youth engagement into climate discussions, the second Poets for Climate Exhibit opened yesterday at the University of Makati featuring selected poems and artworks depicting how the climate crisis is undoing and transforming the landscapes and places we call home.
In our first #EleventhHour article this 2023, Climate Reality Philippines Deputy Branch Manager Ferth Manaysay looked back on the outcome of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY17) held ahead of #COP27 in November last year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The arts is critical in creating spaces to process the anxiety, grief, and rage brought on by the climate crisis. Climate Reality Philippines highlighted this during the Arts for Climate event on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Read more about it our column Eleventh Hour this week.
Creating spaces for culture and the arts in the decision-making arena for climate action, Poets for Climate opened two (2) exhibits on the sidelines of the ongoing 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.
The first Poets for Climate Exhibit opened today at the City Hall of Makati featuring 12 poems depicting how the climate crisis is undoing and transforming the landscapes and places we call home. The exhibit, entitled “The Making And Unmaking of Places: Stories of Loss, Resilience, And Restoration Using Poetry and Art,” is curated by The Climate Reality Project Philippines in partnership with the City Government of Makati and the British Embassy in Manila. It will run at the city hall until November 7 and will travel to the University of Makati and Glorietta in the following weeks.
Murals were unveiled today in Iloilo City in Iloilo and Isabela City in Basilan to demand decisive and transformative actions from world leaders meeting this November during the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
