Climate Heritage Network Receives $1.25 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation for Culture-Based Climate Action
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has announced the launch of the “Imagining Low Carbon, Just, Climate Resilient Futures Through Culture and Heritage” project, made possible by a generous $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This transformative initiative aims to leverage culture and heritage as powerful catalysts for effective climate action, empowering communities worldwide to safeguard their cultural legacies while promoting sustainable futures.
Global network launches new plan to empower people to imagine and realise climate resilient futures through culture - from arts to heritage
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) is a global network of more than 250 member organisations committed to supporting communities in achieving the ambitions of the Paris Agreement by scaling up culture-based climate action. The new Action Plan announced today by the network of organisations, charities, government bodies, universities, memory and cultural institutions, and cultural and creative industries from around the world seeks to fill this gap.
CHN Members work to raise the profile of Climate Change at Mondiacult 2022
The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, known as MONDIACULT 2022, opens on 28 September in Mexico City, Mexico. The Conference, which brings together national Ministers of Culture from around the world, is meant to be ‘a renewed reflection on cultural policies to tackle global challenges and outline immediate and future priorities.’
Discover the 2021 Climate Heritage Network Annual Report
The members of the Climate Heritage Network proudly present their report on the CHN’s activities for 2021. The Network’s second full year of operation saw CHN members around the world laying foundations, creating tools and resources, building teams – and taking culture-based climate action. Individually, these accomplishments helped drive forward transformative change.
Climate Heritage Network Announces 2022-24 Steering Committee
The Co-Chairs of the Climate Heritage Network have announced the members of the Network’s Steering Committee for 2022-24. The new CHN Steering Committee representatives were selected by the Network’s elected regional Co-Chairs from among nominated candidates seconded by CHN Members.
CHN is Proud to Support Smithsonian Institution’s ‘Stemming the Tide’ Symposium
Cultural heritage is both impacted by climate change and an important part of strategies for driving climate action. So, where does the cultural heritage community stand now in terms of engaging on climate change, where do we want to go and how do we get there? The USA’s Smithsonian Institution is putting the focus squarely on these urgent questions at a two-day symposium entitled ‘Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Through Climate Change.’ The event will be held 5-6 March 2020 in Washington, DC.