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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.

Our flagship programme had a productive 2021, marked by digital transition, new activities and expanded resources to help effectively manage World Heritage and heritage places globally. This year is shaping up to be another milestone.

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!

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...

In September 2021, we launched a call for submissions for an online poster session on heritage samples archives as part of our Heritage Samples Archives Initiative (HSAI). The response was impressive, with 40 posters from 22 countries accepted for publication. From these, we selected 13 posters to be presented at a two-day online poster session and roundtable webinar, held on 29 and 30 November...

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...

From everyone at ICCROM, thank you for supporting our work in 2021. We hope you can enjoy some time with family and friends as we head into the new year.

Director-General Webber Ndoro and the entire ICCROM team congratulate our collaborator and friend Lazare Eloundou Assomo on his appointment as Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. He brings a fresh perspective combined with a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from his more than two decades leading vital projects and programmes in places such as Mali, as well as at the World...

“There is a new continent made of bits, powered by machines, accessible by anyone, anywhere.” If we envisage the digital realm as one huge landmass, where does heritage fit within it? This was the premise of the ‘Digital Imperative’ project, conceived in the framework of ICCROM’s prospective activity on Sustaining Digital Heritage. We are excited to be able to share the findings of our research.

One of the most important tools for retrieving bibliographic information on cultural heritage conservation has relaunched on a new platform. Offering access to more than 260 000 references from several leading institutions, the upgraded Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) is easier to search and comes with the features users expect from modern online library...