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Reflections from London Climate Action Week 2025 and Beyond

Culture took centre stage at this year’s London Climate Action Week and Bonn climate talks. In this blog, the JB team shares key highlights, insights, and takeaways from events we attended – from climate risk mapping to global calls for action.

World Environment Day 2025

For this year's World Environment Day, we invited the JB team to take a moment to reflect on places and spaces of nature that mean the most to them.

Get Involved: Sector Opportunities

Alongside JB's free regular events programme for the sector, discover select events, funding opportunities, commissions, and open calls from within the creative climate community. Updated monthly to share key opportunities we’ve come across.

Green Libraries: New £1.2 million programme to transform UK libraries into community climate action hubs

JB are pleased to be part of a new initiative to establish 10 Green Library Hubs across the UK over the next three years. Launched by CILIP – the UK’s library and information association – the Green Library Hubs programme marks a major step forward in mobilising libraries as catalysts for local climate action.

Applications Open for Local Authorities to join 2nd National Green Events Code of Practice Programme

A national programme for the environmental assessment of events using the groundbreaking Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP).

Insights: Peer-Sharing Session on Place-Based Adaptation for Culture

Julie’s Bicycle facilitated a peer-sharing session for those working on place-based adaptation to climate change, exploring how we can work towards community-led, locally inspired solutions in a changing climate.

Cultural Leadership for Climate – From Ideas to Action in Belém

JB Founder Alison Tickell and CCL project manager Thiago Jesus travelled to Brazil in March to deliver the workshop Cultural Leadership for Climate – From Ideas to Action in Belém, the host city of COP30 this November.

Open Call: International Touring & Environmental Responsibility Programme

Applications are now open for this initiative supporting arts organisations in England, Denmark, and Norway to develop sustainable, inclusive, and equitable models for international touring.

Remembering and Celebrating Horst Weidenmüller

Horst was founder and CEO of !K7 Records, board member of Merlin and IMPALA, chair of the IMPALA Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, and friend of JB. He passed away earlier this year.

The Write Idea – A Sustainable Future for Publishing

Graciela and Tenaya from our Creative Green team have recently completed several projects connecting different parts of the publishing industry to action on the climate crisis, and share some insights.

Peer Sharing: Place-Based Adaptation for Culture

Are you working in or with the cultural sector and exploring how to build local resilience to climate change? Join us for a peer-sharing session focused on place-based adaptation - how we can shape community-led, locally inspired solutions in response to climate impacts.

New energy in 2025

A roundup of recent headlines about energy globally and in the UK, plus programmes for arts organisations to join to support the transition