Climate Heritage Network members from around the world are contributing to a new project to support climate action in Africa through cultural heritage. The project will pilot application of the Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage properties in Africa (the CVI-Africa project).

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce new members of the Network. The announcement was first made on 14 September meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 26 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 27 July, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

El Alcalde de Cuenca, Ecuador Pedro Palacios Ullauri ha sido anunciado como Co-Presidente de la Red de Patrimonio Climático, la alianza líder mundial de organizaciones de arte cultura y patrimonio para la acción climática que congrega alrededor de 150 redes, gobiernos y organizaciones internacionales, nacionales y subnacionales.

The Mayor of Cuenca, Ecuador Pedro Palacios Ullauri, has been announced as a new Co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network, the world’s leading alliance of arts, culture and heritage organisations for climate action, uniting a global coalition of 150 international, national and subnational networks, governments and organisations.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 15 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 27 April, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 45 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 11 February, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee held in Abu Dhabi, UAE during the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF10) organised by UN-Habitat, the United Nations’ cities and human settlements program.

The immense potential of cultural heritage to drive just and transformative climate action often goes untapped. World Urban Forum 10 broke new ground in the global recognition of this potential, boosting efforts to mobilise arts, culture and heritage for climate action across the globe.

In a stroke of #ClimateHeritage genius, on 15 March, Historic Environment Scotland is bringing one of the world’s leading climate change communicators to Edinburgh Castle to explore how we can inspire people to take climate action. The program, entitled “Now we have your attention: let’s talk climate action,” promises to break new ground in exploring the cultural heritage opportunities for climate change communication.

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.

There’s no just transition — no carbon transformation — without human creativity, heritage values, social license and cultural capital. Arts, culture and heritage offer immense potential to drive climate action in cities and regions and support equitable transitions towards low carbon, climate resilient development.

The newly formed Climate Heritage Network released its first action plan to help mobilise arts, culture and heritage for climate action at an event held in Madrid at COP25, the 2019 UN Climate Summit. Dubbed the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and Heritage Climate Action Plan, its release kicks off a year of culture-based climate action that will culminate in 2020 at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Organisations across the arts, culture and heritage sector are being called on to take urgent action against climate change as a new international network launches in Edinburgh today (Thursday 24 Oct, 2019) at an event hosted by Historic Environment Scotland (HES).