What if climate change isn’t suffering from a lack of evidence but a lack of connection?
Last night I attended the Centre for Construction Best Practice (CCBP) and Morgan Sindall Infrastructure screening of the ‘People’s Emergency Briefing’ (National Emergency Briefing), and it reminded me why I believe storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have in responding to the climate crisis.
Like many people, I expected to leave feeling overwhelmed.
Instead, I left thinking about something different.
Not the statistics.
I kept thinking about the stories.
The father who simply wanted to be able to look his son in the eye and say, “Mate, I tried.”
The firefighter describing the reality of responding to more extreme weather.
The farmer who said he was “farming water, not soil.”
As Chris Packham said during the film, “The facts are vital. But what really matters is how we react to those facts.”
Having documented Indigenous stewardship in the Brazilian Amazon and community-led conservation in Kenya, I’ve seen first-hand how stories can connect us to places we may never visit, yet whose future is deeply connected to our own.
That’s why I believe visual storytelling matters. Not because it replaces the science, but because it helps people connect and see their place within it.
The film highlights that climate change isn’t just an environmental issue. It’s about our health, our homes, our food, our economy, our communities and the future we’re building together.
One of the things I appreciated most about the film was that it reminded us that solutions already exist and many of them are within our reach.
✔️ Talk about it. Conversations create momentum!
✔️ Write to your MP and let them know this matters to you.
✔️ Support organisations, businesses and communities already driving positive change.
✔️ Share the film and encourage others to watch it: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is hosting a free screening on 21st July: https://lnkd.in/e23XGWSx
Thank you to everyone involved in organising the screening and the discussion afterwards. It was encouraging to see so many people from the construction and sustainability sectors coming together and asking, “What can we do?”
This reaffirmed my belief that the most important stories aren’t the ones that leave us feeling hopeless – they’re the ones that inspire us to act!
Thanks for reading!
Sophia
Founder, Phase Creative