Storyworld 2026:
Climate, conflict & Collective action
a season of participatory climate futures
What happens when climate change reshapes not just our environment — but our systems of power, governance, and cooperation?
StoryWorld 2026 is a participatory season of immersive experiences exploring how climate, conflict, and collective action collide — and what new futures might emerge in response.
Across a live simulation, a collaborative studio, and a final series of public gatherings, you’ll step inside unfolding scenarios, respond to real-time dilemmas, and help imagine new ways forward.
This is not just storytelling.
It’s a space to explore, question, and co-create the futures we might live into.
🔔 Stay Connected
Subscribe to receive weekly dispatches from emerging futures, along with updates on StoryWorld events and opportunities to participate.
Phase 1: The arctic turning point
Toronto Climate Week (June 2026)
A live in-person simulation experience
A warming Arctic has opened new shipping routes, intensified geopolitical tensions, and drawn global attention to a fragile and rapidly changing region.
In this immersive simulation, participants will step into a near-future scenario shaped by competing claims, environmental risk, and rising pressure to act.
As new developments unfold, you’ll be asked to interpret signals, navigate uncertainty, and respond to complex, interconnected challenges.
But beneath the surface lies a deeper question:
What happens when the existing rules-based order falls apart, no longer equipped to equitably manage a climate-altered world?
🗓 Registration opens soon
Phase 2:
GLOBAL SOUTH COUNCIL
Following the Climate Week simulation, a smaller cohort of participants will gather for a series of live, virtual sessions to explore a deeper question:
What new institutions, systems, and forms of governance are needed in a climate-altered world?
“A coalition of Global South nations has convened in response to escalating climate shocks and repeated failures in global coordination.”
In this 6 week studio, a small cohort will step into this unfolding scenario—responding to signals, navigating trade-offs, and co-creating new approaches to climate governance.
Participants will:
Engage in weekly live sessions
Play with futures and foresight methods
Work in small groups to respond to evolving scenarios
Co-create artifacts that shape the evolving story
Contribute to a shared narrative published through the Dispatch
→ STUDIO REGISTRATION OPENING SOON
Summer 2026 (July-August)
A cohort-based multi-week virtual experience
🌐 Follow the StoryWorld
Not everyone needs to be in the room to take part.
The StoryWorld unfolds each week through the Dispatch—featuring narrative updates and selected artifacts from the studio.
Paid subscribers are invited to go further:
Respond to simulation prompts
Submit “field signals” the council should consider
Engage with the story as it evolves
Phase 3: The watershed moment
Fall 2026 (Toronto)
A series of 3 public, in-person experiences
The StoryWorld season will culminate in a set of public-facing experiences that bring the journey back to the local context—where decisions are lived, contested, and made tangible.
Building on the insights developed throughout earlier phases, participants will step into the complexities of urban governance, exploring how climate futures take shape across local and provincial scales of governance.
[More details to come]
✨ Join the StoryWorld
StoryWorld 2026 is an invitation to move beyond passive observation and into active exploration.
Whether you attend a single event or follow along through the Dispatch, you’ll be part of a growing community engaging with the possibilities of climate futures — together.