Live from Beyond Oil 2025: Actionable Hope in a Changing Climate Future.

From Stories for the future by Veslemøy Klavenes-Berge

October 30, 2025 · 51 min

About this episode

This episode features a panel discussion on actionable hope in the context of climate change, recorded live at the Beyond Oil Conference 2025.

In this special episode of Stories for the Future , I moderate a panel at the Beyond Oil Conference 2025: Changing Climate Futures conference in Bergen. Our theme: Actionable Hope in a Changing Climate Future . We talk about what hope does when the world feels like it’s unraveling — and what it looks like when hope becomes something you act on. In this episode you’ll hear voices from science, media, creative arts and strategy — and come away with ideas for how to lean into hope, not just as a feeling, but as a modality of change. 👥 Panel & Conference Links Here are the people on the panel and links to their work so you can dive deeper: Kikki Flesche Kleiven — Director of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research , University of Bergen. Marine geologist by training; leads a large interdisciplinary climate‑research centre. Petter Gulli — Founder & Chief Hope Officer at 12YEARS; an outspoken climate optimist, strategist and author of HOPE – A practical guide for climate optimists . Thea Emilie Maubach‑Vindnes — Spokesperson for the media initiative Verdens Beste Nyheter (“The World’s Best News”), and also affiliated with the civil‑society group Changemaker. Verdens beste nyheter…

People in this episode

Host: Veslemøy Klavenes-Berge

Guests: Kikki Flesche Kleiven, Petter Gulli, Thea Emilie Maubach‑Vindnes, Anne Beate Hovind

Topics covered

climate change
hope
interdisciplinary research
media
creative arts
strategy

Keywords

climate futures
actionable hope
Bergen
panel discussion
climate optimism
Future Library
media initiative

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, 12YEARS, Verdens Beste Nyheter, Future Library project