Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change

The report, published in September 2022, is a scientific outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change (ICSM CHC).

"Culture and heritage have a key role in understanding the causes and impacts of climate change and in designing responses, including low-carbon, climate- resilient pathways consistent with the aims of the 2015 Paris Agreement and other international agreements relevant to climate change.

The role of culture and heritage in addressing climate change is especially important within the context of human and ecosystem (including biodiversity) inter-connectedness; cities and urbanisation; land and water use and management practices; and governance, including climate justice, capacity building, equity and wellbeing.

As the outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change, this Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change proposes that these heritage and cultural practices act as a bridge between different ways of knowing, embody inherited knowledge accumulated over generations, and serve as entry points for climate action. To do so requires acknowledging, respecting and implementing a plurality of knowledge systems inherent in culture, heritage and creative practices."

Hana Morel undertook the role of ISCM CHC Scientific Coordinator while Sarah Forgesson was the ICSM CHC Climate Heritage Specialist and contributing author of the case study 'Co-produced Climate Action Planning, Aotearoa/New Zealand'.

• The report is available to download in PDF format here

Suggested citation:

Morel H., Megarry W., Potts A., Hosagrahar J., Roberts D.C., Arikan Y., Brondizio E., Cassar M., Flato G., Forgesson S., Jigyasu R., Masson-Delmotte V., Oumarou Ibrahim H., Pörtner H. O., Sengupta S., Sherpa P.-D., Veillon R. Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change. Charenton-le-Pont & Paris, France: ICOMOS & ICSM CHC, 2022