Climate Ring: Youth Agency and Storytelling - Swissnex in Boston and New York

In boxing, foresight is essential: a winning fighter visualizes their moves, their punches, their strategy for staying one step ahead. They have already played out the narrative of victory before the first bell. In the climate fight, all of us — but especially youth — need to visualize a better future, to be able to see and tell stories of our planet that turn “eco anxiety” into a winning “eco ambition.”

Round 3 of Climate Ring is dedicated to intergenerational action in the climate fight, and the power of visual storytelling. Although their lives will be shaped by climate change and biodiversity loss, young people are seldom heard when it comes to such global challenges. The Villars Institute will share exclusive insights from this year’s global issues survey, which captures the perceptions of youth on the skills, tools and resources they need to not just survive, but thrive within planetary boundaries. Open Planet will highlight its free library of the most beautifully filmed footage of the natural world, including the changes and challenges our planet is facing and the potential solutions to the climate and nature crises. This visual library can enable everyone — especially youth — the power and control to become positive planetary storytellers.

Climate Ring

12 rounds. 3 days.
1 fight for the planet.

From September 25 to 27, 2024, Swissnex presents the Climate Ring, a pop-up boxing arena for the fight of the century: the one for planet Earth. Join us in New York’s East Village for an eclectic mix of discussions, exhibitions, and performances featuring rising stars and heavyweights from science, innovation, and the arts. From renowned ecologist Thomas Crowther of ETH Zurich to New York nightlife impresaria Susanne Bartsch, the Climate Ring showcases fresh perspectives on our planetary moment from Switzerland, the US, and beyond.

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Program

1:30pm – Check-in
2:00pm – Introductions
2:10pm – Presentations
2:30pm – Discussion and questions
3:15pm – Networking
3:30pm – End

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New York
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Emily Renshaw-Smith
Open Planet
Emily Renshaw-Smith is Executive Director of Operations for Open Planet. She passionately believes in the power of storytelling to change the way people view, interact and feel about the world and has worked in factual programming and documentaries for 25 years. Prior to Open Planet, Emily was Head of Content for Comic Relief where she lead the transformation of the charity’s appeal films towards working with local filmmakers and hearing from community voices.
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Emma Benameur
Villars Institute
Emma Benameur is the Head of Programming at the Villars Institute, a platform for enabling systemic change through intergenerational collaboration. With a background in business, sustainability and humanities, she has held various leadership roles at the World Economic Forum, with a focus on content curation, event design, strategic communications, HR, leadership development and learning. She holds a BA (Hons) from University College London and an Exec MBA from Imperial College Business School. A Certified Facilitator, she is deeply committed to the transformative power of design and unlocking human potential.
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Kamila Camilo
ETH BiodivX
Kamila Camilo is a dynamic Brazilian black LGBTIQ+ activist and social entrepreneur who strategically aligns major corporations with grassroots movements, fostering social innovation, ESG strategies, and impactful climate projects. As member of ETH BiodivX insights team, Kamila is responsible for the Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) engagement strategies and training program.