Listen to the Digital Recordings of the 12 Poems for 12 Days of COP28
‘Looking over the Limb’. Credit (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) Courtesy of Goddard Space Flight Center
Interstellar, read by Christiana Figueres, internationally recognized leader on global climate change, and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-2016.
“We touch dust, remember the moon was once part of the Earth…”
‘Condor’ courtesy of Sofia Lopez Manan
Clouds, narrated by Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of the British Antarctic Survey.
“Tourists hold cameras high… dwarfed below the widest wingspan in the world.”
‘Photosynthesis’ courtesy of Jennifer Willoughby
Forest, read by actor Lisa Coleman.
“In a moonless forest, blind to our own hands, we reach out for trees to light the way.”
‘River’ courtesy of Kamran Kardan
River, read by Professor Martin McKee, an internationally-renowned expert in public health, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
“Ancient stories warn water holds memory…”
‘Storm Laura nears the Gulf Coast’ laura_vir_2020239_lrg (NASA.GOV)
Storm, narrated by Inika Taylor, Climate Scientist in the Met Office’s Climate Impacts Modelling Group.
“It’s possible… to find true north in a clear night sky – to see things invisible to the naked eye.”
‘This soft sea. This hard plastic. Oil and Collage on Linen. Courtesy of Kurt Jackson
Archipelago, read by Sam Lindo, award-winning musician and activist.
“Our Prime Minister stood up to his thighs in ocean – and cried.”
Photo by Will Swann on Unsplash
Flood, read by Isobel Abulhoul OBE, Founder, Advisor and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation.
“The flood will carry the toll of a bell… a flotsam of bank notes, the single shoe of a child.”
‘Beach’ Courtesy of Kamran Kardan
Tides, read by Amber Nuttall, Environmental & Sustainability Director at Extreme International.
“When our children’s children tell the story of how it was rivers ran clear”
‘Exposed Traces of Happisburgh Beach UK’ Courtesy of Prof. Corinna Wagner
Coral, read by Professor Lisa Roberts, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter.
“We dive deeper beyond cliffs of coral, forests of kelp, and on.”
‘Fin Whale’ Courtesy of Christopher Swann and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society uk.whales.org
Whale, read by Tom Mustill, producer and director of award-winning nature documentaries, and who has worked with the likes of Sir David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg.
“Think of the moment, the surge, the shadow growing overhead.”
‘Side by Side – Healthy and Bleached Coral’ Courtesy of Prof. John Henrik Stahl, University of Khorfakkan, UAE
Anthropocene, read by Hugo Tagholm, Executive Director and Vice President of Oceana, and former head of ocean campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage.
