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Heritage in Climate Action – Stepping Forward in Policy, Research and Practice

Heritage in Climate Action – Stepping Forward in Policy, Research and Practice

Following a week of interesting presentations, engaging discussions and inspiring performances, the closing session of Climate.Culture.Peace looked towards the future and outlined strategies that leverage heritage processes for fair and inclusive climate action.

The Climate.Culture.Peace conference is starting today!

Climate.Culture.Peace conference runs until Friday!

Register at the official website to access sessions all this week! Climate.Culture.Peace is a knowledge-building initiative exploring the interconnections between culture, climate change, peace and disaster resilience.

Climate.Culture.Peace Youth Forum and Workshops – register now

Climate.Culture.Peace Youth Forum and Workshops. Register now!

We are excited to announce that registrations are open for the Climate.Culture.Peace Youth Forum – Voices of Now and the Future, as well as five interactive workshops being held later this month. Places are limited, so don’t miss out!

Register for free for Climate.Culture.Peace (24-28 January 2022)

Register for free for Climate.Culture.Peace (24-28 January 2022)

Join us in the sharing of stories, experiences and viewpoints on global climate change, which affects us all. Climate.Culture.Peace is a unique initiative looking to explore the interconnections between climate change, culture and heritage, peace and conflict, and disaster resilience. The conference (24-28 January) will foster a welcoming and interactive digital space, where we will host a diverse...

Climate.Culture.Peace – Call for Contributions

Climate.Culture.Peace – Call for Contributions – extended until 2 January 2022!

Join us and contribute to a knowledge-building initiative connecting climate change to the diversity of human cultures and heritage. As climate crises intensify and spread, culture can, and should play a role in reducing the impacts of climate change. Climate.Culture.Peace is a unique initiative looking to explore the interconnections between climate change, culture and heritage, peace and...

Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience

Bridging divides and developing capacities for cultural heritage first aid and disaster resilience

Twenty-three months of blended learning, 20 participants and four mentors. Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience is a cascading capacity development project of ICCROM conceived with the support of ALIPH foundation, and held in partnership with the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF) and Zurich based Centre for Security Studies (CSS).

Preventing Fires to save Lives and Heritage

Preventing Fires to Save Lives and Heritage

Why does fire continue to be one of the primary risks to heritage? Is it only a technical challenge, or are there other factors that shape risk perceptions and influence both decisions and actions? PREVENT – Mitigating Fire Risk for Heritage, an international virtual workshop held from 15-19 November, offered participants a unique learning opportunity to examine fire risk for different types of...

Culture in the pursuit of Net Zero

Culture in the pursuit of climate action

As the UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 in Glasgow has drawn to a close with an action plan for decarbonizing being negotiated, tough challenges lie ahead. This is especially the case for those who are at the frontlines of the climate crisis. Cyclic disasters and conflicts fuelled by environmental stresses have displaced lives, livelihoods and cultures in many parts of the world. While science...

Sim-Ex – Simulating Emergencies to protect heritage

Sim-Ex – Simulating Emergencies to protect heritage

Could the devastating fire that destroyed Brazil’s 200-year-old natural history museum have been prevented, or Nepal’s historic temples been saved in the 2015 Gorkha earthquake? Disaster risk management specialists believe that if adequate risk reduction and preparation measures are put in place, the negative impacts of extreme hazard events can at least be lessened, if not fully avoided. How can...

Ghebi Village, Georgia 2019 Blue Shield Georgia

Culture – the missing link in solving global challenges 

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) is an opportunity to acknowledge a common understanding of how the cultural and natural heritage of a place can reinforce our capacity for disaster risk reduction and contribute to a more sustainable future. By considering climate risks, we aim to build resilience, encouraging community-based approaches while linking together the social and...