Libraries and positive climate action: inform to transform

By their nature, libraries are both places of information and places enabling the birth of new ideas and activities. This means that libraries are ideal hubs to help us address the complex challenges of our time. In this series of events, organised by the British Library, we explore how libraries across the globe are deploying their expertise and resources to tackle the climate crisis. Libraries’ action is focused on the diverse communities on their doorstep and their experiences of climate change in their local environment. However, libraries worldwide are also collaborating and learning from each other to enable positive climate action.
 
In October, December and February, we are looking at three crucial climate-focused themes, relevant both for libraries that are already active in climate initiatives, and those that are just starting to explore this area of activity. Firstly, we are looking at how libraries can build their capacity to provide information about climate change and to facilitate practical climate action. In the second webinar, we are looking at how citizen science can enable users to participate in building up our collective knowledge of climate issues. And thirdly, we are exploring how libraries can support our consumer-focused societies to adopt circular economies to use our resource more efficiently.
 
Our expert panellists, from different libraries across the world, will help us discover new perspectives and share practical tips and real-life experiences to broaden our knowledge and inform our future practice.
 
The sessions will be chaired by Maja Maricevic, Director of Science and Innovation at the British Library and responsible for the Library’s strategy, policy and partnership development across higher education and science.