The program of the Climate Security Festival 2026: Shared Atmosphere is out now! If you haven’t registered yet, there are still some spots left - you can join by registering no later than Thursday 12.11 using this form.
This year, Safer Climate is collaborating with Artists with Evidence in organizing the festival, with the support of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) and The Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) Flagship program. Artists with Evidence is a US-based art-science network promoting evidence-based environmental solutions and discussions via art-science collaborations. Our speakers include: Helmi Räisänen (Finnish Institute for International Affairs FIIA), Tareq Hussein (Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System research INAR, University of Helsinki), Ines Montalvao (Artists with Evidence, Antti Hyvärinen (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Juhani Haukka and Cristal Alakoski (Rights for Nature; The Rights of the Silent/Hiljaisten oikeus group). We are happy to welcome works, visions and words from a number of international artists working at the intersection of art and science: Mareike Dobewall, Cyane Findji, Myriam Gras, Thomas Westphal, Uli Westphal, Mohamed Sleiman Labat, Jon Dunn, Kaisa Penttilä and Henna Anttila.
For more detailed information about program, read our descriptions of the sessions and art-science program during the festival.
This year’s theme is Shared Atmosphere. Why Shared Atmosphere? The idea of a shared atmosphere connects the material and the relational. We inhabit atmospheric conditions together, but not equally: our bodies, infrastructures, locations and political circumstances shape our exposure to environmental change.
In this event, we understand climate security from a comprehensive point of view. What can a safer future climate and atmosphere look like from the perspective of civil society, arts and research? Moving beyond securitization, we aim to look at our shared atmosphere as space and community; as healthy nature and soil; as access to health and wellbeing in times of change, climate disruption, natural disasters and political polarization.
We are welcoming an amazing group of researchers, artists and citizen actors to speak, present their art, and participate in discussions. And as usual, every participant is a vital part of the discussion: come and share your views on issues related to climate change, air quality, increased securitization, and possibilities of citizen action and art-science (and other topics you might think of!). We aim to openess, low hierarchy and shared learning.