The art of visual storytelling involves the use of graphics, drawings and hand lettering to motivate the viewers to engage with each other and the subject matter. It is a tool for live note-taking and sense-making, and acts as a parallel processing pathway for the participants.
In other words, the ideas and insights of an event are captured live while it’s happening and it the end result serves as a collective summary, giving the participants a visual highlight of the discussion. It also creates an emotional connection to the meeting and keeps the image of the meeting vivid in the memory.
Visual storytelling at Climate Dialogues 2020
During the two weeks of virtual conference, the climate talks were followed by a number of visual artists to capture the essence of the discussions. Below you will find visual summaries of a number of public events during the official schedule at Climate Dialogues 2020 created by the visual artists Desiree Llanos and Nityalila Saulo (Tofu Creatives), Stéphanie Heckman, Andy de Vale, Carlotta Cataldi, Esther Blodau, Hazel Hurley and Reilly Dow.
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Visual summaries of events at Climate Dialogues 2020
Making of visual summaries during CD2020 opening
Global Gender Event – Recap on 2020 and way forward
Long-term Climate Finance event
Developing the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage event
