Preface

Hi Im Sean Southey

Im 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 its 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 46 weeks with

6070000 people there

We want them to inf luence the

global leaders to think differently

about the actions needed to take on

climate change

Were 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 youll enjoy

them

Thank you so much

Sean Southey

Chair of I IUCN Commission on

Education and Communication