Climate Pavilion – A Living Lab for Activism

• Date: 10 June - 18 June
• Location: Atrium - City Hall

From June 10 to 18, the interactive exhibition Climate Pavilion – A Living Lab for Activism will transform the Atrium Den Haag into a place for critical engagement, experimentation, and connection.

As part of the Toolbox of Empowering Instruments project, the Climat Pavilion offers a dynamic platform for exploring activism, climate justice, and collaborative practices.

At the heart of the exhibition is the mobile pavilion, constructed from scaffolding—a structure that emerged from a six-month interdisciplinary think tank on art, activism, law, and international politics. The pavilion was originally intended as an observation platform for the International Court of Justice, but is now developing into a participatory space for discussion, performances, and commemorating justice in light of the climate crisis.

Interactive program

This exhibition is a toolkit in action. Everyone is invited to test, transform, and activate the pavilion through workshops, lectures, and performances. Whether it's building new structures with scaffolding material or creating evening programs together, the Climate Pavilion will be a shared space to reimagine how we build movements together.

Visitors can engage in conversation with the creators through an interactive program and walk together from the Atrium to Humanity Hub, which will become a meeting place for deeper reflection, dialogue, and networking during those three days, taking place from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Humanity Hub.

Key activation moments (starting from 5 p.m. on the following dates) include:

• June 10 – Opening Night & Networking Event
• June 13 – Workshop on (De-)Constructivism & Panel Discussion on Collaboration and Community Building
• June 18 – Just Peace Movie Night with the screening of YUMI: The Whole World  a film amplifying youth and islander perspectives on the climate crisis. 

OPENING on June 10th 17:30 at with the following speakers:

Henrieke Buenger, Deputy Coordinator, World Youth for Climate Justice
A leading voice in the international campaign for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate obligations, Henrieke shares insights on youth mobilization, intergenerational equity, and legal strategy for a just climate future.

Leon Lapa Pereira, Workshop Facilitator, Art & Law Think Tank
As co-creator of the exhibition’s central pavilion, Leon will lead a participatory session exploring the power of collective construction and the performative potential of legal spaces. The session challenges attendees to reimagine the structures that support climate justice.

Arjen Kapteijns, Deputy Mayor for Sustainability, Municipality of The Hague
Speaking on local action and climate responsibility, Deputy Mayor Kapteijns will address how cities like The Hague are navigating global justice issues at the municipal level, supporting initiatives that fuse activism, youth voices, and urban sustainability.

Marija Pop Trajkova, Programme Manager, The Humanity Hub & Just Peace Festival
Marija will reflect on how civil society spaces, like the Humanity Hub, support cross-sector collaboration on peace and justice—and how cultural programming can amplify climate justice as a human rights issue.

The programme is followed by a networking session at the Humanity Hub (7:00–9:00 PM).

WORKSHOP on June 13 (17.00-19.00) on (De-)Constructivism & Panel Discussion on Collaboration and Community Building 

19.00-21.00 Short panel reflection about social organisation and constructivism with

- Fatima El Bouchaibi (who is the chairwoman of the community centre Buurthuis de Bol and initiator of Wijsheid in Herstel, which is a bottom-up foundation supporting victims of the toeslagenaffaire),

Network specialist Dr. Subodh P. Patil (from the Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics at Universiteit Leiden)

Johanna Ritter, a PhD student at the Department of International and European Law and the Research Centre for State and Law (SteR). Her PhD project deals with the operationalisation of norms of community interest in international law. She is particularly interested in the interaction between different legal actors and the broader development of law and society.

And Leon Lapa Pereira is an artist, educator, and program developer whose work bridges embodied performance, ecological engagement, and socially driven research. With a background in both Energy and Process Engineering (TU Berlin, Yildiz Technical University) and ArtScience (KABK & KonCon), Leon brings a transdisciplinary approach to education and mentorship. His coaching practice is grounded in somatic awareness, performative exploration, and collaborative methodologies.

Join the creators in shaping this evolving laboratory for activist research and collective empowerment.

JUST PEACE MOVIE NIGHT June 18 18:30 - 20:30 for the screening of YUMI: The Whole World 

Just Peace and The Hague Public Library are joining forces to host the Just Peace Movie Nights. On Wednesday, June 18, we’ll be screening the remarkable documentary YUMI. After the film, a panel of experts will engage in a discussion and answer questions from the audience.

Film, panel discussion, Q&A

YUMI is a powerful film about courage, climate justice, and determination. It tells the incredible story of three inspiring law students—Solomon, Vishal, and Romabeth—who set out from the University of the South Pacific on an extraordinary journey to bring the issue of climate change before the world’s highest court through the United Nations. Their mission? To save their home islands from extinction.

The students learn how to navigate meetings with ministers, ambassadors, and commissioners, experience the frustrations of diplomacy, and face the challenges of pushing forward their ambitious goal: to pass a historic resolution through the United Nations that would lead the International Court of Justice to legally define states' obligations to address climate change.

This event takes place at the City Library and requires separate registration via this link.

The creators of the Climate Pavilion do not have a website. They will only be available on June 10, 13, and 18 for more information about this project.

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