Sci-fi to cli-fi: How climate fiction is driving change

Fantasy. Dystopia. Even crime. Who would have thought that the climate emergency could spawn…

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…an exciting branch of literature known as “climate fiction” or “cli-fi” – for young adults?

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With its endless possibilities for creation – fear, yes, but also imagination and hope – “YA cli-fi” is one of the most exciting things to come out of literature in recent years.

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But the idea of possibility must be there. What would any story be without that?

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“It definitely does not have to be ‘they lived happily ever after,'” Bijal Vachharajani says.

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But the possibility of a brighter future must always be there.

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