Queen Mary participates in London Climate Action Week 2026

The programme opens on 24 June with “How to Survive? Climate Realism and the Art of Collective Resilience” at the BLOC Cinema in Queen Mary’s Mile End campus. The event will feature contributions from COP30 Climate Youth Champion, Marcele Oliveira, Director of Brazil’s National Biosciences Laboratory (CNPEM), Maria Augusta Arruda, and Co-Founder of the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion, Gunjan Nanda.  

A key moment in the week will be the UK premiere of “Replikka” at BFI Southbank on 27 June. Co-directed by Indigenous filmmaker Piratá Waurá and filmmaker Heloisa Passos, the documentary follows the recreation of the sacred Kamukuwaká cave, one of the most important cultural heritage sites of the Xingu peoples in Brazil.  

The film emerged from more than a decade of collaboration between PPP, the Wauja people and international partners. Earlier this year, Replikka won Best International Short Documentary at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, qualifying the film for consideration in the Academy Awards and marking a significant international milestone for the project. 

Another major highlight is the “International Seminar on Culture and Climate Change” on 26 June, organised by Brazil’s Ministry of Culture in partnership with PPP. The invitation-only event will bring together prominent voices including COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago, economist Professor Mariana Mazzucato, artist Es Devlin, Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara and climate scientist Professor Tim Lenton to discuss how culture, the arts and traditional knowledge can contribute to more sustainable futures. 

The seminar builds on a knowledge-exchange partnership developed by People’s Palace Projects and Brazil’s Ministry of Culture over the past three years. It follows an inaugural edition held during the G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Salvador in 2024 and a second edition that formed part of the official COP30 programme in Belém in 2025, reflecting the growing recognition of culture as a central component of international climate policy. 

Thiago Jesus, co-Director of People’s Palace Projects, said: 

"For many years, we have worked alongside Indigenous partners, artists and researchers to demonstrate that culture is not an addition to climate action; it is central to it. The conversations taking place during London Climate Action Week reflect a growing recognition of that idea, which is now reaching the highest levels of international policymaking. We are proud to contribute to that agenda through projects such as Replikka, which show how long-term research partnerships can connect Indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage and creative practice to some of the most urgent climate and social challenges of our time.” 

Throughout the week, PPP researchers and collaborators will participate in screenings, panel discussions and public conversations examining climate justice, cultural heritage, Indigenous knowledge and the role of the arts in shaping responses to global challenges. 

People’s Palace Projects at London Climate Action Week 2026 

Wednesday 24 June, 6.00 - 9.00pm 
How to Survive? Climate Realism and the Art of Collective Resilience 
Documentary screening and panel discussion, BLOC Cinema, Mile End Campus. 

Thursday 25 June, 3.00 - 5.00pm 
Film, Activism and Climate Justice in the Amazon 
Panel discussion, King's College London, Bush House. 

Thursday 25 June, 6.00pm 
Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica 
Screening and panel discussion presented by PPP, BFI Southbank. 

Friday 26 June 
International Seminar on Culture and Climate Change 
Somerset House. Attendance by invitation only. 

Saturday 27 June, 3.15 - 5.00pm 
The Father and the Shaman and the UK premiere of Replikka, followed by a Q&A. 
BFI Southbank. 

Tuesday 30 June, 6.15pm 
The Father and the Shaman and a second screening of Replikka. 
BFI Southbank. 

Check all the events of PPP at London Climate Action Week 2026.