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In an era defined by democratic backsliding, climate crisis, disinformation, fear-mongering, and the normalization of cruelty, speculative climate fiction plays an active and necessary role in countering narratives that divide. Where authoritarianism thrives on inevitability, fear, and historical amnesia, climate fiction can insist on adaptability, memory, and possibility.
Join Grist’s Tory Stephens, founder of Imagine 2200: Climate Future for Future Ancestors, for a deep conversation with renowned world-builder and author Sheree Renée Thomas, author and professor of physics Vandana Singh, and author and engineer Wole Talabi. This conversation will explore how climate fiction and speculative storytelling can:
Disrupt narratives of “there is no alternative” Protect and transmit cultural memory under threat Model collective action, care, and solidarity at scale Offer moral clarity when institutions fail Create emotional and imaginative refuge without retreating from realityRead more
