As we enter 2025, just five years remain to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With only 17% of the SDGs on track, the urgency to prioritize people and planet is undeniable. It has been established that culture is simultaneously a cause for the polycrisis, a constraint on change, an exemplar of solutions and a creative force for transition and transformation.
ENCATC member Jordi Baltà Portolès’ doctoral thesis explores how the climate crisis and broader sustainability challenges necessitate a rethinking of cultural policy, with a particular focus on its governance at the local level.