The climate crisis is unfolding rapidly and action at scale and speed is required from all of us. The Arts Council has embarked on a new project to understand what we can do to support the arts community to take action and get to grips with climate action ourselves. We are delighted to announce that we are doing this in partnership with Julie’s Bicycle EU, a team which brings a wealth of experience from home and abroad – from Julie’s Bicycle’s experience with international cultural policy-making and 10 years as partner for Arts Council England’s environmental programme, to the pioneering work of Native Events and the Green Arts Initiative in Ireland to bring sustainable practices to Irish events and green Irish arts venues.

Climate Action Policy - Consultation Summary Report 

For the past six months, The Arts Council has been working with our partners Julie’s Bicycle EU to undertake an in-depth consultation process with artists, arts organisations, arts workers and wider stakeholders to inform the development of its Climate Action Policy. This consultation process included an industry wide survey, internal and external interviews and a roundtable event.

The consultation summary report which includes key findings and conclusions is available here (in English). The Irish version is available here. The results of the survey can be found here and a more easily readable version of roundtable visual minutes here. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the consultation process.