This is Anne Therese Gennari — Climate Optimist, author, speaker, and podcaster.
Anne Therese Gennari is a TEDx speaker, author of The Climate Optimist Handbook, and the creator of the globally acclaimed podcast Hey Change. For over a decade, Anne Therese has been at the forefront of shifting the climate narrative from fear to courage.
Today, her work explores the vital intersection of inner leadership and the emerging future, emphasizing that the world we build is a direct reflection of our internal state. By cultivating resilience and self-awareness, she empowers individuals and organizations to step into their roles as architects of a regenerative tomorrow.
A recipient of the 2024 Net Zero Trailblazer Award, Anne Therese has shared her philosophy with institutions like Harvard, the United Nations Global Compact, and BMW, proving that climate optimism is not just a mindset—it is a practice of leadership.
What is climate optimism?
Climate optimism is a mindset shift that sparks optimism, creativity, and solutions thinking while keeping a fact-based and awareness-driven approach to climate change.
More than anything, climate optimism is a practice. It’s not about taking a step back and hoping for the best to happen, but about diving into awareness and choosing a path of resilience, action, and hope.
Learn more about the practice of climate optimism in my three-part series with Imagine5.
Speaker & Host
The world of tomorrow is wildly uncertain. We can let that overwhelm us—or we can use it as our greatest source of inspiration. How we choose to show up in this moment, and the practices we cultivate to stay resilient, connected, and curious about the future, matter more than we might know.
Turning the tide on climate change starts with us.
Anne Therese Gennari invites us to explore the possibility alive within the climate movement and to reimagine the future not as something to fear, but as an open canvas we have the power to shape. She challenges leaders to release narratives rooted in guilt and shame and instead embrace innovation, opportunity, and collective growth
