Hyson Green event explores climate change and displacement
FluentinBoth returns to New Art Exchange with poetry, music and storytelling exploring how climate change can disproportionately affect communities and contribute to displacement and social division.
Morning briefing Nottingham
Temperature
10° to 17°C
Rain
Dry today
Wind
Gusts 16 mph
Sunset
20:44
Ride details Good to ride
Recommended gear
- Jacket
- Light layers
Best times to ride
Breezy today
- 06 10°
- 09 12°
- 12 15°
- 15 17°
- 18 17°
- 21 15°
The New Art Exchange is hosting an event from FluentinBoth: an evening of music, poetry, and storytelling with themes around how climate change disproportionately affects certain groups of people. The UK government has agreed with this assessment, and says that climate change is "a growing driver of forced displacement".
FluentinBoth is an open-mic style night with performers coming together to entertain, but also to bring awareness for social climate injustice. This is the third year of the event running. In 2025, they raised money for Nottingham Refugee Forum. This year's event specifically focuses on how the climate crisis leads to social crisis.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a government department whose job includes protecting British interests outside of the country. One of the responsibilities of the FCDO is understanding what might cause foreign nationals to be forced away from their country, and potentially into ours.
In a December 2025, the International Development Committee (IDC) published a report with concerns around climate change having an impact on foreign communities, which displaces them from their homes. An exhibition at the Contemporary tells us of how livelihoods are lost in this way. The FCDO acknowledged and agreed with the findings.
The FCDO or IDC gave no statistics on how many small boat crossings are caused by climate issues - only that it drives people away from their home countries to find safety elsewhere.
This is why FluentinBoth suggests that climate issues are social issues. The organisers said: "As far-right narratives grow louder and migrants are targeted, we want to be a space of belonging where communities meet each other beyond stereotypes. We’ll centre lived experience, language and culture to make social climate conversations more human, inclusive, and connected to everyday life."
Doors are open from 6:30pm, with the event running until 11pm. It is a free event.
