The comic scenario report is illustrated by Tuuli Hypén.
An audio comic scenario report introduces three scenarios portraying pathways to imagined worlds where the norm of climate responsibility shapes all sectors of society globally and regionally.
Innovative report “We Make the Future! Utopias of a Climate-Responsible World 2035 – Arctic Snapshots” is the final report of the “Climate Responsibility as a Normative Cornerstone of Multilateral Cooperation?” project funded by the Kone Foundation. The project was conducted at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, Finland, from spring 2022 to summer 2025.
The project was led by Research Professor Sanna Kopra from the Arctic Centre.
“While set in the Arctic region, the scenario narratives offer snapshots of global dynamics, such as great power relations, resource politics, and social injustices, up to 2035. In each scenario, the ethos of the imagined world differs depending on the scope and drivers of climate responsibility. To arrive at these narratives, we applied an interdisciplinary setting combining political science, Futures Studies and comic art”, Kopra explains.
To encourage critical thinking about fundamental political and economic transformations required to tackle climate change, the project asked: What kinds of developments would elevate the norm of climate responsibility as a key norm of international society by 2035?
“To answer this question, we invited a group of established scholars and other experts to join a participatory scenario-building process. We wanted to publish the scenarios in the form of a webcomic, because it presents alternative futures understandably and concretely. This way, we hope to stimulate public discussion and inspire key stakeholders to advance new development trajectories in Arctic cooperation”, Kopra continues.
The audio comic scenario report titled “We Make the Future! Utopias of a Climate-Responsible World 2035 – Arctic Snapshots” can be accessed here: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-337-488-1.
Report in Youtube: We Make the Future! Utopias of a Climate-Responsible World 2035 - Arctic Snapshots
More information:
Research Professor Sanna Kopra, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
sanna.kopra(@)ulapland.fi, +35840 1324502
Project website: www.arcticcentre.org/EN/climate-responsibility