The panel addressed how to avoid negative psychological reactions and how to instead foster a sense of actorness, solidarity and empowerment. Civil society organisations, artists and cultural actors are, in theory, well placed to play an important role in mobilising people against climate change by fostering opportunities for debate and participation.

The panel broached the issue about the impact of climate change on countries, especially in the Global South, many of them former colonies still struggling with the socioeconomic consequences of colonial exploitation. The panel also examined how cultural relations between states and societies could be an important component of international climate policy and transnational climate action.