Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part M (2025)

Climate change, also known as the climate crisis or climate emergency, is a global threat to nations' economic, environmental, political fabric, causing insecurity and endangerment. This crisis is exacerbated by environmental cataclysms like hurricanes, cyclones, floods and coastal erosion, which in recent times have become more severe and frequent, highlighting the extent of human intervention in the earth's degradation. Addressing this crisis requires a unified effort. Climate fiction, often abbreviated as cli-fi, is a literary genre that explores the effects of climate change, environmental degradation and ecological themes, blending elements of science fiction, speculative fiction and contemporary literature. This paper explores the role of climate fiction (cli-fi) in shaping public consciousness and discourse on environmental vulnerability and adaptation strategies, using Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future as a central text. The novel serves as both a speculative and strategic lens, presenting interconnected narratives of environmental collapse, technological resilience, and global political transformation. This study finds that the climate fiction serves as a kind of literary activism that influences public imagination in the direction of ecological resilience, ethical action, and sustainable futures.