A Climate Café® is a welcoming, informal pop up space in a community – or a workplace, campus or school – to get together to chat and act on climate change.
A Climate Café® is an inclusive space where everyone is welcome to join the conversation and get involved. There is no need to be an expert, all perspectives are welcomed!
Community led, often the #ClimateCafe chat can be local in focus, but may be global too!
A Climate Café® is a relaxed space, non party political and not for profit. All the chat and any action is led by those who live, work and play in that community.
Climate Café® Coordinators organise the space, drinks and make sure it is a safe, accessible space for everyone to feel comfortable. Meet some Climate Café® Coordinators here.
Every day people get together to chat about things that matter to them and what to do about them, a Climate Cafe® is just creating that space to chat and act on climate.
In communities, work places or on campuses, a monthly Climate Café® can be a place to get together for a regular chat and update on climate ideas and action.
Climate Cafés® often choose to get together for 90 minutes to 2 hours, and many like to bring in contributors to inform and inspire the chat and action. Some choose to profile guests for every gathering, while others choose to have more time to chat.
There is no training required to create space in your community to chat and act on climate.
The experience across the Climate Cafe® Network is that chat in a Climate Café® often leads to exciting ideas, projects and collective action. They are a great place to feature and connect with local projects and initiatives, support new businesses and hear from others taking action.
Each Climate Café® is unique to the people and place it is in.
A Climate Café®can meet in person but some meet online, using zoom, and some are even hybrid and offer to share top tips to doing this well!
Virtual gatherings allow connections to be made more widely, across regions and nations too!
Through the growing Network, a registered Climate Café® can connect nationally and globally.