Lučka Kajfež Bogataj : “Creativity is how we will survive on our planet.”

In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, an esteemed climatologist from Slovenia who’s served on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They talk about why arts organisations should measure their environmental impact, the importance of setting concrete goals, and the relationship between creativity and survival.

This episode was co-commissioned by On the Move and the Motovila Institute, produced with the support of the French Ministry of Culture, and edited by Émilie Wadelle.

We have created a transcript of this episode and written translations in French and Slovenian. 

mentioned in this episode :
· interview with Kim Stanley Robinson (Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana)
· Julie’s Bicycle - mobilising the arts to take action on the climate crisis
· keynote by Tim Wagendorp, sustainability expert, at the Mobility for Creativity Forum
· Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David MacKay
· French choreographer Jérôme Bel’s decision to stop all plane travel for his company
· Open Letter to Jérôme Bel by Mexican artist Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez
· Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world by Kelsey Piper
· Late lessons from early warnings - European Environmental Agency

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special thanks: Marie Le Sourd, Mateja Lazar, Tanja Kos

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