Sci-fi to cli-fi: How climate fiction is driving change – National

Fantasy. Dystopia. Even crime. Who would have thought that the climate emergency could spawn…

…an exciting branch of literature known as “climate fiction” or “cli-fi” – for young adults?

With its endless possibilities for creation – fear, yes, but also imagination and hope – “YA cli-fi” is one of the most exciting things to come out of literature in recent years.

But the idea of possibility must be there. What would any story be without that?

“It definitely does not have to be ‘they lived happily ever after,'” Bijal Vachharajani says.

But the possibility of a brighter future must always be there.