Art, Health, and Planetary Healing through Intergenerational Collaboration

The Institute for Art and Innovation (IFAI) is pleased to present its programme for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, taking place from 10 to 21 November 2025.
Through a series of online, hybrid, and on-site events, IFAI and its partners will explore how art and cultural collaboration can foster planetary health, peace, and social transformation.

The COP30 programme is co-organised by the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures (AYLF), especially by the WHO Youth Council, IFAI Berlin and Youth4Planet International, with contributions from artists, young peacebuilders, researchers, and institutional partners from across the globe.

These encounters form part of a shared effort to build a cultural infrastructure for peace, health, and planetary justice—a bridge between art, science, policy, and community practice.

The sessions include the international launch of the Social Art Award 2025 – Planetary Healing: Blue Tribes for Ocean Health, the debut of the Global Youth Call: Art for Peace & Health to win the Youth Social Art Award, a new creative initiative carried by the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures.

12 November 2025 | 14:00 – 15:15 Belém / 18:00 – 19:15 CET

Art as a Path to Planetary Health
Online Event
Hosted by IFAI Berlin, Youth4Planet International, and the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures

An intergenerational online dialogue on how art, creativity, and community engagement can strengthen empathy, regeneration, and collective care. The event opens the Alliance’s COP30 programme and sets the tone for the Global Youth Call on Peace and Health.

13 November 2025 | 18:00 – 19:00 Belém / 22:00 – 23:00 CET

Global Youth Call Launch – “What Does Peace Mean to You?”
On-site Presentation with Livestream from the WHO Health Pavilion, Belém
Organised by the WHO Youth Council, Youth4Planet International, and AYLF

The official launch of the Global Youth Call: Art for Peace & Health and the Youth Social Art Award – Peace & Health for All, inviting young creators aged 13–30 to express artistic visions for peaceful and healthy societies. The launch connects art, health, and climate action under the umbrella of the WHO Youth Declaration on Creating Healthy Societies.

17 November 2025 | 13:00 – 14:15 Belém / 17:00 – 18:15 CET

Social Art Award 2025 Book Launch – Planetary Healing: Blue Tribes for Ocean Health
Online Launch and Dialogue
Hosted by IFAI Berlin in cooperation with AYLF, the WHO Youth Council, and Youth4Planet International

The official launch of the Social Art Award 2025 publication, featuring the Top 100 international artists and essays on the transformative role of art in advancing ocean health and social regeneration. The dialogue connects award winners, jurors, and youth peacebuilders across continents.

17 November 2025 | 18:00 – 19:00 Belém / 22:00 – 23:00 CET

Social Art Award Exhibition Opening – Planetary Healing & Peace
Hybrid Event, WHO Health Pavilion – Belém
Organised by IFAI Berlin, WHO Youth Council, Youth4Planet International, and AYLF

The hybrid exhibition presents 100 international artists exploring the intersections of ecology, social transformation, and peace. The opening includes a live humming performance by sound artist and musician Saskia Baumgart, symbolising collective healing and connection through sound.

21 November 2025 | 14:00 – 15:00 Belém / 18:00 – 19:00 CET

Reflection – Peaceful and Healthy Societies
Hybrid Dialogue, WHO Health Pavilion – Belém
Hosted by the WHO Youth Council, AYLF, Youth4Planet International, IFAI Berlin, and Bertelsmann Stiftung

A closing intergenerational reflection bringing together youth delegates, artists, and institutional leaders to summarise insights from COP30 and explore how cultural approaches can strengthen trust, resilience, and planetary well-being.

24 November 2025 | 14:00 – 15:15 Belém / 18:00 – 19:15 CET

Planetary Healing through Art – Alliance Declaration Launch
Online Workshop and Closing Reflection
Hosted by IFAI Berlin, Youth4Planet International, and AYLF

A global online dialogue concluding the COP30 programme. Participants will co-develop the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures Declaration on Peace & Planetary Health, inspired by the WHO Youth Declaration on Creating Healthy Societies. The event marks the beginning of long-term collaboration among partners and youth networks worldwide.

Alliance for Youth-Led Futures – Partners

Bertelsmann Foundation · WHO · WHO Youth Council · The Futuring Alliance · Catalyst Now · Youth4Planet International · Audiotool · AIME Global · Syntezia · 1GEN Social Innovation Labs · Rewired Earth · Sunvolution Network · GE4A · For All Earthkind · Multiplanetary Together · HATCH · EthicalFin · Sunvolution Movement · Integrity.Earth · Institute for Art and Innovation

Together, we are shaping a cultural infrastructure for peace, health, and planetary justice — carried by young voices and enabled by strong collaboration.

Let’s celebrate the transformative power of art to foster empathy, justice, and regeneration — for all people and more-than-human species, and our planet.

👉 Further details and participation links will be announced soon.

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Manifesto of the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures

We believe in the power of imagination, collaboration, and care to shape a world
where all beings can thrive — human and more-than-human. 

We are young leaders and intergenerational allies.
We come together from across continents, communities, and cultures.
We are united by the desire to co-create just, joyful, and regenerative futures.

What We Stand For

Youth leadership and intergenerational learning
We honor the agency of young people and the wisdom of generations. Real change happens when we listen to each other, learn across generations, and share responsibility.

Planetary consciousness
We are not separate from the Earth — we are part of its living systems. We acknowledge the rights of nature and commit to futures that restore balance, biodiversity, climate resilience, and beauty.

Art and culture as a bridge
Art and culture connect us beyond language. They bring emotion, imagination, and complexity into spaces of action. We use them to transform conflict, build empathy, and inspire change.

Mutual care, equity, and collective wellbeing
Every person deserves to feel seen, safe, and supported. We believe in creating ecosystems of trust and justice where individuals, communities, and nature can flourish together.

Courageous co-creation
We act across sectors, disciplines, and geographies. We know that transformation is a shared journey — and that each voice, each effort, each story, matters.

What We Commit To

• Supporting youth-led processes that shape inclusive and plural futures
• Opening up platforms for expression, dialogue, and visibility across borders
• Championing solutions that center climate justice, peace, and solidarity
• Facilitating access to spaces of influence – from policy forums to public stages
• Building transparent, diverse, and regenerative partnerships
• Weaving art, culture, science, and indigenous knowledge into future-making
• Creating imaginative and reflective spaces of playing and listening, learning and unlearning – together

We see these commitments not only as a way to heal and regenerate life on Earth, but also as the foundation for how humanity will imagine and govern futures beyond our planet.

Join Us

We invite you to sign this manifesto, join the Alliance, and help co-create the futures we dream of — together.

By signing this manifesto, we affirm our shared commitment to:

• Championing youth leadership and intergenerational collaboration
• Advancing climate justice, peace, and solidarity
• Restoring balance with the Earth and respecting the rights of nature
• Using art and culture as bridges for empathy, imagination, and action
• Building regenerative partnerships that foster equity and wellbeing

Contact us at info(at)social-art-award(dot)org