10.06.2025

The European Alliance of Academies cordially invites you to Café Climate Paris on Thursday, 19 June 2025 at 7:30 pm at the Maison Heinrich Heine (Cité internationale universitaire de Paris).
Café Climate is an initiative of the Climate Group of the European Alliance of Academies and creates a space for open dialogue on the impact of the climate crisis on everyday life, democracy, art and culture. In a relaxed café atmosphere, international experts, artists and the audience discuss various topics together at different tables, this time with, among others:
– Matteo Barsuglia (astrophysicist): Climate change and visions of the future from a scientific perspective
– Lucie Taïeb (writer): Climate and Ecological issues in literature
– Kirsten Reese (composer & sound artist): Climate and art in university teaching
– J. Emil Sennewald (philosopher) & Liesbeth Bik (visual artist): The role of imagination in the climate discourse
– Claire Dehove (artiste diplomate): Diplomacy for the rights of the natural commons
– Pauline Durand-Vialle (CEO Fera): ‘Green Filming’ – Sustainability in film production
The event will be organised and moderated by Cécile Wajsbrot, Jovana Popic, Petja Ivanova, Liesbeth Bik and Daniel Hauser – artists from Europe who are involved in a climate working group within the European Alliance of Academies.
Talks will be held in German, English and French. The event is free of charge.
Please register in advance. Registration and information can also be found on the website
👉 https://www.maison-heinrich-heine.org/culture/2025/6-juin/cafe-climat-paris
From 5 pm, there will be the opportunity to take a guided tour of the exhibition «erschreckend schöne Bilder» – Fakten und Prognosen zum Klimawandel [‘frighteningly beautiful pictures’ – facts and forecasts on climate change] at the Fondation Suisse.
An event in collaboration with Akademie der Künste (Berlin), Maison Heinrich Heine, Fondation Suisse (Paris), F+F Schule für Kunst und Design (Zurich), and Akademie van Kunsten (Amsterdam).
We look forward to an inspiring evening with you!