In September 2021 a very special academic conference took place: T2051MCC - The 2051 Munich
Climate Conference. Researchers from across the academic spectrum assembled to discuss climate
change. What made it special was that everyone held their lecture as if it took place in an
imagined year 2051. The theatre collective Büro Grandezza had released an open call for
contributions to a conference in Munich. Almost 50 researchers wrote papers on climate
narratives geoengineering coastal adaptation and other topics. This particular framework
allowed them to break out of the constraints of the current discourse without neglecting
methodology or thematic sharpness.
