The art of decision-making in the face of climate change - a workshop at Hay Festival 2024

The UCL Climate Action Unit is heading to Hay-on-Wye this summer to deliver an immersive experience on decision-making in the face of climate change.

Hay festivals inspire, examine and entertain; inviting participants to imagine the world as it is and as it might be. The UCL Climate Action Unit will be there to deliver six sessions of a decision-making simulation called Do What You Must. The experience - built by digitial storytelling studio Fast Familiar - features insights from the disciplines of neuroscience and psychology compiled by Dr Kris De Meyer. These insights shine a light on how humans weigh information and make decisions in the face of impending and uncertain threats.

During the workshop, 12 participants must work together to safeguard the future of a fictional company threatened by the impending and uncertain impacts of climate change. At the end of the experience, participants will have a chance to reflect on and extrapolate their experience of decision-making during the scenario to their own personal context.

Essential info: 

• Duration: 2 hours
• Dates: Thursday 30 May (10am & 2pm), Friday 31 May (10am & 2pm), Saturday 1 June (10am & 2pm) - 6 sessions in total
• Location: Meeting Place on Festival Site, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales
• Tickets: Max. 12 tickets available per session. Pre-booking is essential.