'Heritage Based Climate Action' - An International Virtual Conference

Organized by ICCROM within the framework of its FAR - First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis programme, this conference transcends disciplinary boundaries to address the crucial intersections between heritage safeguarding, climate action, disaster resilience, and sustainable peace.

For detailed overview, please refer to the conference's concept note

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This three-day event celebrates the culmination of the  Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action project,  a two-year capacity development initiative supported by the Swedish Postcode Foundation, showcasing transformative actions implemented in five heritage sites globally. From Jodhpur, India, to Tuti Island, Sudan, learn about innovative approaches integrating heritage conservation, climate action, and community resilience.

• Highlight Key Findings: showcase concrete evidence from the five innovation sites, demonstrating how cultural heritage can be leveraged for effective climate action. 
• Disseminate Tools and Strategies: gather and disseminate tools and innovative strategies for climate risk management, stimulating further research and collaboration in the field. 
• Share Best Practices: present exemplary approaches for assessing climate risks to heritage and associated communities. 
• Engage Stakeholders: involve policymakers, community leaders, and practitioners from diverse fields to integrate culture-based climate action into local, regional, and national climate adaptation plans. 

Conference Themes

1. Tracking loss and damage to cultural heritage in the face of climate change
2. Indigenous knowledge, traditional practices, and worldviews - A source for transformative climate action
3. An integrated approach towards disaster risk reduction, peacebuilding, and climate action

Day 1- 25 March 

Inaugural Session & Panel Discussion | Heritage Conservation Policy in the Context of Climate Crisis

Panel Discussions: 

• Integrated Strategies for Heritage Safeguard, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction and Peacebuilding 
• Call to Action - Mainstreaming Cultural Heritage Safeguarding for Disaster Risk Reduction,
  Climate Action and Peacebuilding

Day 2- 26 March 

• Story Circle | Lifeways and Cultures around Nile – Rashid, Egypt and Tuti Island, Sudan
• Panel 1 | Transcending Disciplinary Boundariesfor Training and Education 
• Story Circle | Indigenous Knowledge on Climate Adaptation from Kasese, Uganda to Ubatuba,
  Brazil| 
• Panel 2 | Ignite Talk 

Panel 3 | Tracking Loss and Damage to Cultural Heritage in the face of Climate Change

Day 3- 27 March 

• Panel 1 | Climate Change, Culture and Peace in Small Island Developing States
• Story Circle | Harnessing Traditional Wisdom for Climate Resilience in Jodhpur, India

• Panel 2 | Under the Talking Tree - Intergenerational Dialogue on the Use of Indigenous and
  Traditional Knowledges for Innovation in Heritage Conservation, Climate Action and Disaster Risk
  Reduction

Background

 As the climate crisis intensifies, our vulnerability to disasters and conflicts rises. This conference builds on the success of the Climate.Culture.Peace initiative launched in 2022, emphasizing the need for a paradigm shift in addressing climate change's cultural, social, and economic dimensions.