Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing humanity, but we are not doing enough to tackle it. On an individual level, people feel overwhelmed and powerless, and at a policy level, decision makers also lack the agency to take proportionate action, prevented by the demands of ‘business-as-usual’ and concerns about how the electorate will react.

FF have worked in the climate space for over a decade: we understand the history, the social context and the systems that need to change. With an arts background, we understand the power of stories in this space, but our recent work has also given us a solid understanding of the policy levers available to decision-makers. Since 2016, we’ve worked in partnership with neuroscientist Dr Kris De Meyer from UCL’s Climate Action Unit, who uses ‘brain insights’ from his work to foster an action-led approach to climate change. These insights directly inform FF’s work.

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Climate Policy Creative Fellowship

In winter 2024/25, FF worked with UCL's Climate Action Unit and the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative to deliver the first Climate Policy Creative Fellowship. You can read more about it here.

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What does FF do in the climate space?

Our practice supports climate action in 3 ways.

1. We make research tools which can gather the kind of data to support bold policy on climate change.

We create interactive experiences which allow people to rehearse responding to the uncertainty that climate change is increasingly causing. You can see examples of these projects below.

2. We build free tools which allow people to become more aware of how their actions are impacting on climate change, and run workshops and training sessions on climate action.

As part of The Networked Condition, an ongoing project undertaken with AND and Arts Catalyst, we created a free-to-use tool for planning digital artworks. You can also read a series of interviews with leading artists in this field. The second tool is our site builder which lets you build a website that has zero carbon footprint.

3. We use our documentation blog to share our methodologies and musings in this areas.

We are regularly asked to write and speak about our approach to climate action. Climate action underpins everything that we do, so feel free to get in touch if you’re planning an event.