Land Body Ecologies at COP28

30 November – 12 December 2023

Once again, we attended the Climate Change Conference in a collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) supported by the Wellcome Trust to highlight how climate change and health are intimately linked, and how art can help communicate this.

Invisible Flock has designed and curated the WHO space at COP28, the Health Pavilion. Additionally to this, a wider LBE delegation of team members and collaborators hosted a panel discussion at the Health Pavilion and spoke at a series of events throughout the conference's 2-week programme.

Representing LBE on the ground

Sylvia Kokunda of Action for Batwa Empowerment Group – ABEG, from LBE's Bwindi Hub (Uganda)
Cindy Kobei of Ogiek People’s Development Program – OPDP, from LBE's Mau Forest Hub (Kenya)
Laetania Belai Djandam, Indigenous environmental activist descending from the Dayak Tribe of Borneo Island, Climate Officer at Health Care Without Harm Asia and LBE collaborator
Samrawit Gougsa of Minority Rights Group, from London Hub (UK)
Victoria Pratt of Invisible Flock, from London Hub (UK)
Ben Eaton of Invisible Flock, from London Hub (UK)

Artworks featured in COP28's Health Pavilion

Vandria Borari Yupirungáwa, 2023
The Crying Place, 2023, produced by Invisible Flock with Joni Odochao, Siwakorn Odochao, Jennifer Katanyoutanant, and Land Body Ecologies, and mastered by Simon Scott
Jenni Laiti and Carl-Johan Utsi Teardrops of our Grandmother, 2023
Jenni Laiti and Victoria Pratt Collective grieving to heal trauma in the land and body, 2023
Kasia Molga How to Become Wholesome, 2022
Invisible Flock and Jon Bausor Bodies Joined by a Molecule of Air, 2022

Read about the design and each artwork here.

LBE Programme

All events were streamed live online. You can catch-up below:

2 December: 16:45 GST in Dubai (12:45 GMT)

Climate and health: How can policy address health impacts of climate change and air pollution?

Hosted by: InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and Save the Children

Includes LBE speaker: Victoria Pratt

Venue: SE Room 6, Blue Zone

Link: https://www.exhaustion.eu/resources/cop28-climate-and-health-how-can-policy-address-health-impacts-of-climate-change-and-air-pollution-5hc7r

Recorded session:

3 December: 11:30–12:30 GST (07:30–08:30 GMT)

How does climate change affect our health

Hosted by: COP28 Presidency, WHO and Wellcome Trust Includes

LBE Speaker: Laetania Belai Djandam

Venue: B7 Global Climate Action – Action Arena, Al Wakri, Room 2, Blue Zone

Link to watch: https://unfccc.int/event/how-does-climate-change-affect-our-health

5 December:13:30–14:45 GST (09:30–10:30 GMT)

Community-led research for Indigenous health in a changing climate

Hosted by: Land Body Ecologies (Minority Rights Group and Invisible Flock)

Speakers line up: Pratima Gurung, Cindy Kobei, Sylvia Kokunda, and Nicole Redvers (video submission); moderated by Samrawit Gougsa

Venue: Health Pavilion, Blue Zone, B7, Building 89

Link to watch: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/11/30/default-calendar/cop28-health-pavilion

Additionally to events LBE participated in, you can also visit online the Health Pavilion’s entire programme during the conference, through this link.