The Climate Opportunity: Industry Momentum from Script to Screen
The industry’s momentum weaving climate and sustainability into the filmmaking process from script to screen is presenting exciting opportunities for audience engagement, new partnerships, bold innovation, and scaled impact. This conversation will share insights to the resources, community, and funding sources available for projects and professionals interested in the climate opportunity.
Panelists
Ali Weinstein, Content Lead, Sustainable Entertainment Alliance
Heather Fipps, Co-Founder, Hollywood Climate Summit and Senior Program Director, The Redford Center
Speakers
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Ali WeinsteinContent Lead for the Sustainable Entertainment AllianceAli Weinstein is Content Lead for the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, advising on climate storytelling content strategy for coalition member studios like The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery and more. Additionally, she is a TV writer and co-founder of the Hollywood Climate Summit, where she’s programmed dozens of panels with high level talent and experts, educating Hollywood on the power of culture to solve the climate crisis. As a writer, she firmly believes every story is a climate story, which is evident in her previous work on NBC’s “Law & Order: For the Defense,” Netflix’s “Glamorous,” AMC’s “Orphan Black: Echoes” and the Web3 video game “Wildcard.” Ali has been a speaker at cultural hubs like COP28, SXSW, and NYC Climate Week, and featured in the Atlantic, Forbes, Newsweek, L.A. Times, NPR, The Hollywood Reporter, and Rolling Stone for her climate efforts in entertainment.
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Heather FippsCo-Founder of the Hollywood Climate Summit and Senior Program Director at The Redford Center
Heather Fipps, Co-Founder of the Hollywood Climate Summit and Senior Program Director at The Redford Center, is a leading force in climate storytelling, media literacy, and environmental advocacy. As a tenure-track Professor at California State University Los Angeles, she founded an innovative social impact filmmaking program. As a filmmaker and impact advisor, her work spans platforms like Netflix, BBC, Hulu, CBS, PBS, National Geographic, and collaborations with organizations such as Deaf West, the California Air Emissions Board, REI, the League of Conservation Voters, and the U.S. Department of Health. Heather has spoken on storytelling’s vital role in addressing the climate crisis at the Clinton Foundation, National Science Foundation, and United Nations.