Filmed across the USA, Senegal, Vietnam, France, Colombia and Brazil, Blue Carbon explores the ocean’s great potential to absorb far more carbon from the atmosphere than tropical rainforests. This so-called "blue carbon" is found in salt-marshes, sea-grasses and mangroves, and is attracting growing interest from big corporations seeking to offset their emissions through carbon credit schemes.
Told through the eyes of Grammy-nominated music producer, DJ and marine toxicologist, Jayda Guy, and featuring Seu Jorge, this documentary brings together music and science to reveal why listening to nature, and to each other, is key for averting climate catastrophe.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with 2025 Young Activists Summit Laureates discussing how they are driving change towards a more sustainable future:
- Rena Kawasaki (19, Japan) collaborates with Tokyo’s government on the Tokyo Bay Project, working to create a more sustainable city.
- Dev Karan (17, India) has developed low-cost IoT sensors and a mobile app to help restore ponds.
- Marina El Khawand (24, Lebanon) transforms expired medicines, often discarded in landfills and polluting the environment, into sustainable building materials.
This event is organised in partnership with the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) and the Young Activists Summit (YAS), with the support of the City of Geneva and InTent. Translation into French will be provided during the event.
