2025 Hollywood Climate Summit
Annual Conference Recap
In a year when climate and sustainability initiatives faced unprecedented pressures, the Hollywood Climate Summit community responded with extraordinary solidarity and energy. The 2025 Summit convened 8,634+ creative professionals across all formats—from in-person attendees to global livestream participants from 39+ countries.
Hosted at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this multidisciplinary gathering brought together storytellers from film, television, advertising, gaming, music, and beyond alongside climate scientists, policy makers, nonprofit leaders, and environmental leaders.
Through educational panels, workshops, interactive sessions, and collaboration accelerators, we created infrastructure for the entertainment industry to strengthen mainstream climate messaging at the scale the climate emergency and declining climate media coverage demands. 90% of attendees reported increased understanding of climate communication strategies, and 88% indicated that they made meaningful professional connections that are already catalyzing new collaborations. This year was a catalytic moment for this community—when the world's most influential storytellers refused to go quiet and instead lead the conversation on what comes next.
The Impact Highlights
8,634+ Total Participants Across All Formats
Registrations from 39+ countries
53.7% First-Time Attendees
22.2% Virtual Participation (more than 1/2 of virtual attendees were outside of the US)
1,264 Different Companies Represented
2.5 billion+ media impressions
All career levels in attendance
21% Senior Level
38% Mid-Career
19% Young Professionals
Read Our Full Impact Report Here
Our Sponsors
The Carmack Collective, Climate Power, Minderoo Pictures, Netflix, Doris Duke Foundation, NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, NRDC Rewrite the Future, CAA Foundation, UTA Foundation, Fossil Free Media, Bevi, Re:Wild, World Wildlife Fund, Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, Project Drawdown, Black Pearl, Scriptation, Ad Net Zero, Pique Action, Caring Across Generations, National Domesitc Workers Alliance, NYU Los Angeles, Sunrise Movement, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Sunrun, Electric Bus Media
Programming Highlights
Following a challenging year after the LA wildfires, intensified by climate change, there were throughlines of preparedness, grief, resiliency, and the importance of community-led work.
A few specific panel highligths included:
Grey's Anatomy cast & creatives discussing climate change impacts on health
Jurassic World cast & creatives shared hoe the film integrated nature based solutions storylines & on-set sustainability work
Telling the Story of Climate Resilient Communities
Messaging on the Stand: A mock-trial interrogating big oil's misinformation and propaganda in media and public influence
Check out our 2025 Youtube playlist to rewatch the sessions
Sustainable Event Practices
Modeling a new standard for sustainable events, attendees experience a fully plant-based culinary journey while discovering cutting-edge vendors redefining eco-conscious production. We partnered with local food vendors and farmers markets to minimize transportation emissions and support our community, while our collaboration with food donation programs and Green Shot ensures that surplus food is redistributed and waste is properly recycled rather than sent to landfills. From catering to swag to stage design, we model sustainable event and production practices across every element of the Summit—demonstrating that entertainment experiences and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.
Media Amplification
The Summit generated 2.5 billion+ impressions through 120 media placements, including coverage in The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Variety, and international outlets. Social media collaborations with influencers and talent—including Alexis Nikole Nelson (2.4M followers), Camilla Luddington (5M), and posts from organizations like Sunrise Movement and Mother Jones—created an additional 80 million+ social media impressions.
Access and Inclusion
True to our values, we provided 12% scholarship passes and 43% complementary/discounted passes to community partners, ensuring diverse participation. All programming included ASL interpretation, and our virtual participation remained free to eliminate barriers to global engagement.
