ENVISIONING CLIMATE FUTURES
CLIMATE CAMP : ZERO & BEYOND
A RETREAT FOR NEXT GENERATION LEADERS
A FORUM IN NATURE
Reducing and removing the necessary emissions in the coming decades will require significant technological but also social, behavioural, political and systemic change. An array of pathways and futures are possible, yet these are seldom interrogated to understand which are desirable.
Climate Camp responds to a need for a dedicated forum for next generation leaders to envision the future they want to work towards. Such a process must build on a foundation of community, collaboration and trust.
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WHO IS COMING?
Climate Camp is an invite-only event that brings together next generation leaders across the carbon removals space and from the wider climate movement.
We will create a space for those working in both technical and creative roles to intersect and exchange outside of usual silos. In particular we want to connect the carbon removal community with those working outside it - to challenge embedded perspectives and create new ones.
WHY GATHER IN NATURE?
Our body's physiological state plays a critical role in shaping how we think and relate.
Climate Camp is a new way of gathering in nature, aimed at re-energising and inspiring the decision-makers of tomorrow. ​The programme will include technical sessions alongside somatic nature based activities designed to spark new ideas & enable deeper human connection.
THE BRIEF
To co-create a holistic vision for CDR in the UK in 2050 and present that vision at London Climate Action week in June.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
Instead of tackling the climate crisis from a state of anxiety, scarcity and overwhelm, we aim to explore what will happen when we use the lens of positivity, and envision a collective future from an embodied and resourced state of being.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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- Margaret Mead
ABOUT US
Climate Camp is a collaboration between the Greenhouse Gas Removal Future Leaders Network (FLN) and selgars mill, a rural coliving and retreat centre in devon where we will host our first event.
The FLN is a new and evolving network bringing together early career professionals working on GGR in the UK. Originating as part of CO2RE, the network encompasses researchers, innovators and GGR solution developers, policy thinkers, consultants, corporates, trade associations, and many other emerging perspectives from across the GGR landscape.
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This gathering is funded by CO2RE (a coalition of research institutions led by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford). ​
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THE LOCATION
A key element of climate camp is the beautiful rural location of Selgars Mill, where we will be gathering.
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
To further inclusion and diversity, organisers will take an approach that is:
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Accessible
Through accessible ground floor accommodation, venue, and programme design.
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Diverse and representative
The selected group brought together would cover a mix of participants from various different ethnic, cultural, age, gender, and economic backgrounds, with a broad range of different expertise (e.g., policy makers, private sector. funders and leaders).
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International
Organisers will aim to bring in 8 international participants, including from the global south, through the FLN’s wider network of contacts.
ORGANISING TEAM
Aaron Benjamin
Aaron Benjamin, UK and Europe Lead at Direct Air Capture Coalition, Executive Committee of Future Leaders Network, Illuminem
Anton Chernikov
Anton is a designer and entrepreneur who has been working at the intersection of tech, sustainability and real estate for the past 12 years. He is the founder of House of Transformation and Selgars and the co-founder of SOMOS and enchanted.
Francesca Battersby
Francesca Battersby is an expert in carbon removal governance and policy at Carbon Gap, and chairs the Executive Committee of the GGR Future Leaders Network.
Mark Turner
Mark Turner has been a journalist, speechwriter, and climate and humanitarian strategic communications leader with multiple international organisations and NGOs (e.g., Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative), and is exploring a range of new approaches to helping people engage with the climate transition. You can see his podcast series with emerging climate technology leaders at C2GTalk.
