Hi, I’m Sean Southey.

I’m Chair of I IUCN Commission

on Education and Communication.

We are so excited to be

working with the Amsterdam

Sustainability Institute and the VU

University exploring the power of

stories to combat climate change.

We live in a super complicated

time.

I get to travel all over the world

and the thing I hear, whether

it’s in Mongolia or Peru or in

Amsterdam, climate change is a

real problem and we need bottom

up solutions from everyday

farmers, everyday f ishermen,

everyday shoppers, everyday

politicians, we believe the data

is not the way to make the big

changes in life. An extra graph,

an extra news article, an extra

report is not going to make the

difference

We believe that stories will make

the difference And this wonderful

team at the Amsterdam

Sustainability Institute and the VU

University have been working with

us to create stories on climate

change. Dozens of stories from

a diverse set of stakeholders

looking at what are the solutions

they can put on the table to

combat climate change. These

stories evoke empathy, they will

play at COP 28 in Dubai this fall in

4-6 weeks with 60-70,000 people

there.

We want them to inf luence the

global leaders to think differently

about the actions needed to take

on climate change.

We’re proud of these stories.

We encourage you to watch them.

We encourage you to learn from

them.

We encourage you to share them,

but mostly we hope you’ll enjoy

them.

Thank you so much

Sean Southey

Chair of I IUCN Commission on

Education and Communication