Hollywood Climate Summit and Jackson Wild Name Finalists for First Joint Nature & Climate Storytelling Awards
From a dystopian video game about pigeons to a hit HBO drama about a fungal apocalypse, the first joint Nature & Climate Storytelling Awards will celebrate environmental storytelling across film, television, games, comedy and more — with winners announced on 10 November in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Climate Summit and Jackson Wild revealed their inaugural finalists on 18 August, drawn from over 500 submissions worldwide. The two organisations joined forces earlier in 2026 to launch the awards, broadening Jackson Wild's existing remit in nature and conservation media — a field it has shaped for over 30 years from its base in Jackson, Wyoming — to include narrative features, television, podcasts, games, digital media and comedy (Deadline).
On the narrative feature side, the finalists are Bugonia, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Wild Robot, Train Dreams and Twisters. Scripted drama television contenders are Families Like Ours, Lead Children, Radioactive Emergency and The Last of Us. Scripted comedy finalists include Four Seasons, Hacks, North of North and Rage. The unscripted television category features Building Outside the Lines, Réabhlóid Ar Chul An Tí / F* the Lawn, The Wild Ones and This is a Gardening Show.
Short-form storytelling gets its own spotlight. Narrative short finalists are Heat Me, MotherEarth Inc., Two Breaths and Wowsabout. Video game finalists are Flock Around, The Guardian of Nature, Planet Pigeon and Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina). In the comedy special category, Climate Science Translated is the sole finalist.
The breadth of categories reflects a deliberate choice by the two organisations. Where Jackson Wild's past awards focused largely on natural-history documentaries, this partnership folds in scripted drama, sitcoms, video games and stand-up comedy — treating any format that engages with nature or climate as eligible. Heather Fipps, Executive Director of the Hollywood Climate Summit, and Christie Quinn, Executive Director of Jackson Wild, lead the respective organisations behind the initiative.
The awards are expected to run every other year rather than annually, a cadence intended to ensure enough quality environmental storytelling has accumulated to make each cycle meaningful (Deadline).
For a general audience, the finalist list doubles as a snapshot of how climate themes are showing up across entertainment — not only in overtly green documentaries but in prime-time drama, animated features and interactive media. Jackson Wild also maintains a press room on its own website at jacksonwild.org/press-room (Jackson Wild press room) for ongoing announcements.
The ceremony takes place 10 November in Los Angeles.
