Across the world, policy-makers are presenting their ‘eco visions’ – from President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s eco-vision to shape Mexico’s future to students from all over Bulgaria presenting visions and eco-ideas for a sustainable future. Quite impressive.

Meanwhile in the UK, the Green party’s deputy launches his leadership bid with an ‘eco-populism’ vision. Could be interesting.

The Eco Business website looks at Solarpunk and “visions of a just, nature-positive world”:

“It is 2050. In most places in the world, the air is moist and fresh, even in cities. It feels a lot like walking through a forest, and very likely this is exactly what you are doing. The air is cleaner than it has been since before the Industrial Revolution. We have trees to thank for that. They are everywhere.”

At the core of this vision is the idea that humans can coexist in harmony with the rest of nature. A solarpunk world is one where vast swathes of land have been returned to wilderness, rooftop gardens dot the skylines of high-tech cities and vertical farms provide food to their residents.

It may be a big ask, but it’s increasingly clear that the scale of the environmental crises facing humanity demands transformational changes to the way we live, as well as the way we think. Art has the power to shape our attitudes, so perhaps it’s time — as Nigerian poet Ben Okri said recently — for artists of all kinds to “dedicate our lives to nothing short of re-dreaming society”.