IMAGINE 2020 - ARTS AND CLIMATE CHANGEClimate Change is the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Eleven arts organisations in nine European countries share a sense of responsibility to rise up to this challenge and harness the power of the imagination to bring about change required for the re-invention of modern society. They will use their passion, their expertise, and their connections within the art world and beyond to engage the European cultural sector and use its creative potential to raise awareness, involving the public both as audience and as participants.Objectives To research the unique role European artists/arts organisations can play as catalyst for changeTo practice environmentally sustainable ways of producing /touring while maintaining trans-national mobility of artists/art worksTo create unexpected spaces for dialogue between arts, science, and civil society To contribute to the cultural memory of this crucial time ResultsA strong body of innovative artistic work addressing Climate Change A consolidation of cultural initiatives to become an important voice in the European Climate Change debateAwareness among diverse audiences and change in their behaviourA set of tools for artists/arts institutions to integrate Climate Change concerns in their working practicesImplementation CREATE: joint commissions, presentations/festivals, exhibitions, residencies, touringCONNECT: conferences, seminars, debates, campaignsLEARN and EXCHANGE: workshops, summer schools, artist mentoring, advise on structural change, "Transition Theatre Camps", resource centre/web-siteCOMMUNICATE and DOCUMENT: on-going documentation plus print-on-demand publication, European communications strategy, new means of communicationTarget GroupsArtists, arts professionals, scientists, civil society partners, local/national/EU policy makers, young people, general publicPartnersProducers, art schools, universities, researchers, NGOs, government, business, media