ACCELERATOR CITY

Welcome to the world’s first ‘Accelerator City’ for climate action.

Liverpool – under UN Climate Change’s Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA) programme – has been recognised for its commitment to trial innovative new ways to rapidly decarbonise the live music and TV/Film production sectors.

Following years of work by ACT 1.5, an artist-led research and action effort, and climate scientists from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Liverpool is going to be the place where the experiments and ideas for how to create change will be tested first.

The world-leading programme is supported by Ecotricity alongside an incredible group of partners who want to explore new things, see what works and what doesn’t, challenge ideas and be challenged and stage some incredible live shows and brilliant TV and Film productions in the greenest and most sustainable ways possible.

Kick starting a series of events in and around the city will be three nights of live music from the 28 – 30 November. Under the umbrella of Act 1.5, Idles, Massive Attack and Nile Rogers & Chic will each perform at M&S Bank Arena. Each of the gigs promises to be low carbon, showcasing the ‘gold standard’ of smart design in live music events.

Coinciding with this will be Expedition One, a headline industry summit aimed at professionals working in British live music events and Film/TV production. Taking place on 29 – 30 November, Liverpool will offer these two vital sectors a city-wide petri-dish, the partners, and the systemic support to test and pioneer deep carbonisation and the urgent phase-out of fossil fuels.

And it doesn’t end there. We want to share what our plans are throughout the next year. We are officially an ‘Accelerator City’ so if you would like to find out more please sign up here to discover what’s happening in Liverpool first.