The Art World Is Quietly Cutting Emissions Faster Than Expected, New Report Reveals |
Tiziana Alocci, Frequencies of Belonging. Photo courtesy of FuturaCanvas 2025 x BeComing Art Jeju
Last month’s COP30 in Brazil may not have been the most successful, given the notable absence of the U.S., which for the first time refused to send delegates, and the failure to reach an agreement on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. Negotiators remained deeply divided on climate finance, trade measures, mitigation pathways and how to implement agreed-upon goals. Still, the art world can celebrate some meaningful achievements in ecological sustainability in 2025, as revealed by the Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC)’s landmark 2025 Stocktake Report. Published during London’s Art Climate Week, the survey aggregates six years of data and insights, offering the first comprehensive analysis of the sector’s progress toward halving visual arts emissions by 2030.
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See all of our newsletters“Having that greater level of understanding can make changes more effective,” Lowndes told Observer in a recent interview, speaking about the importance of the report in reassessing and refining GCC’s strategy for the years ahead. “The playbook that took us through COVID to now isn’t the same playbook that will take us from now until the end of the decade.”
The GCC findings reveal that 79 percent of members who began tracking their emissions when the coalition launched in 2019 have already reduced them by more than 25 percent, indicating that they........