Over the last three years, the Hollywood Climate Summit/YEA! Impact team have been incredible partners to Climate Power. Always open to new ideas and finding ways to make climate storytelling more popular and accessible, they've been instrumental in bridging gaps between the environmental movement and industry creatives. We cannot wait to continue working together and see what The Context Collaborative has in store.

The Hollywood Climate Summit is my favorite climate event each year. Not only have I developed great relationships and business connections from attending, but it's one of the only environmental events that focuses on making climate stories compelling. This storytelling element is essential to my work as a creator, and I always leave with new inspiration and ideas.

With every passing year, the Hollywood Climate Summit strengthens its role as a catalyst for the entertainment industry’s transformation around climate and sustainability. It elevates the essential dialogue about storytelling’s power to shape a just and thriving planet. Beyond its panels, sessions, and screenings, the Summit’s impact also lies in the connections it fosters: small moments behind the scenes that, much like at Sundance or Cannes, translate into meaningful action and systemic change across the industry.

I owe so much of my climate communications career to the context collaborative team. Through the Hollywood Climate Summit, they built a community that has become my professional network and ecosystem of friends. Through their communications outreach, my show was featured on NPR’s nationally syndicated show 'All Things Considered.'

FEMINIST has been proud to partner with Hollywood Climate Summit for multiple years because of their unique ability to reach audiences beyond the usual climate chorus. Whether experiencing Roxanne Gay discuss her apocalyptic screenplay or late-night writers sharing climate comedy during Climate Week, HCS consistently delivers programming that directly inspires new approaches to our work at FEMINIST. Most importantly, HCS has built a genuine community—at the Forest Congress in 2025 demonstrated their remarkable talent for convening storytellers at the moments that matter most.

Context Collaborative and Hollywood Climate Summit know the secret behind a good event (hint, it's not really the event itself). Their thoughtful design, and consideration for what really matters is clear in everything they do. In a world where it feels like every social issue is a priority, they're keeping climate a top focus issue, not just a 'flavor of the day.'

One of the first things I did in 2019 when I became the inaugural director of NYU Los Angeles was to support the launch of The Hollywood Climate Summit. As I often say, 'no planet, no production,' but conveying both information and action items about intimidating issues in a way that is accessible, inclusive and entertaining is a gift, one that these founders are blessed with. We have them come into our classes every Spring and Fall and The Hollywood Climate Summit is embedded in our Summer curriculum. They are fantastic collaborators, and I personally attend as many of their events as I can for both inspiration and community.

Context Collaborative has connected Scriptation with creators, studio leaders, and impact partners we wouldn’t have met otherwise. Their practical, collaborative approach turns conversations into partnerships that help teams adopt sustainable practices on set.

Showcasing the finalists of Just Play: A Game Jam for Climate Futures at the 2024 Hollywood Climate Summit was a perfect opportunity to invite immersive exploration into climate stories through gaming and to engage an inspired and motivated community around big questions about the future of our planet. As a partner, the Hollywood Climate Summit team was instrumental in helping us bridge a gap between climate, Hollywood, and the gaming industry to encourage the future of storytellers to take the next step in their narrative journeys.

In collaboration with YEA Impact, Donors of Color Network was able to showcase our annual member retreat Connect + Reflect through high-quality video assets. YEA Impact guided us through the entire process, providing both on-the-ground production support and managing our pre- and post- production needs. It's so important for mission-driven organizations to share their work through an investment in video and editing services, and our work with YEA Impact helped us to just that.