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Empowering people to imagine and realise low carbon, just, climate resilient futures through culture – from arts to heritage
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Culture at the Heart of Climate Action Highlights from Week 1
Members of the Climate Heritage Network are making a powerful impact at #COP30 in Belém. These CHN leaders are showing that heritage and culture are essential for climate resilience, justice, and decarbonization.
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Four smiling faces - from left, Susan Kamenar, Mokolade Johnson, Ave Paulus, and Simon Musasizi
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Dispatch from Simon Musasizi, Regional Co-Chair for the Africa and Arab States, who is in Barcelona this week for @uclg.bsky.social Culture Summit and @unesco.org #Mondiacult.
Simon wears a black shirt with a geometric pattern in white on the right side, with palms trees and the Mediterranean Sea in the background The Ministers of culture from the UAE, Brazil, and Spain as well as Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, sit at a table with white linen, microphones, and paper cards indicating their affiliation. Ministers of Culture stand in front of a large blue backdrop with the Group of Friends for Culture-based Climate Action logo Jenny Hay in a brown jacket, Princess Dana Firas in a red jacket, and Simon Musasizi in a black shirt smile in a selfie in front of the Group of Friends for Culture-based Climate Action logo
September 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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"Culture- those distinctively human endeavors that create meaning in our lives, inform our identities, & help define the values of our communities- CULTURE belongs at the heart of climate action & WE WILL NOT WAIT"
@ajennyh.bsky.social, CHN North America Coordinator @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit
Jenny Hay speaks from behind a podium in a black dress with a red wall in the background
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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"Culture is not a passive victim of climate change; Culture is an active driver of solutions."
Isaac Eseet, Coordinator for CHN's Africa and Arab States Region, speaking this morning at the @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit in Barcelona
#climateheritage #cop30 #wemaketomorrow #imaginingfutures
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September 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Marcy Rockman, Visiting Researcher Linnaeus University at a panel We Don’t Have Time streamed to New York Climate Week

👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMu36rxDECo

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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage
The Climate Hub at Climate Week NYC 2025 – Sep 20, 2025–Sep 29, 2025
Welcome to our digital hub for Climate Week NYC. September 20–29, 2025
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September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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This week we're off to Barcelona for Mondiacult 2025.

As the world’s biggest cultural policy conference, we’ll be amplifying the #WeMakeTomorrow Global Call to a wide array of policy makers, artists, activists & cultural practitioners.

Grab yourself a sticker or business card from one of our team.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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"Preservation as climate action - is our moral imperative. ... The good news is that it’s happening."

Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
Ethiel stands behind a clear podium wearing glasses and a gray jacket speaking to a ballroom full of people sitting at round tables with white linens. Carl sits on a stage in a chair wearing a light gray blazer in front of a projection screen displaying his name as well as Jim Lindberg's name. Jim is sitting to his left in a gray suit holding a microphone in his hand. Carl stands in front of a projection screen, gesturing to the audience with his hands. On the screen are the words Comfort = Design + Operability, images of people, historic windows, and historic art, and Robyn Pender.
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Any US-based preservationists heading to the National Trust conference? Come grab a sticker and chat with the North America Coordinator!
ajennyh.bsky.social jenny hay @ajennyh.bsky.social · Sep 16
I'm on my way to #PastForward in Milwaukee! Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. If you're going to be there, let me know - I'm bringing these awesome @climateheritage.bsky.social stickers! And come see me tomorrow afternoon talk about "Old Buildings, New Tricks, Cooler Planet"
White water bottle with a circular sticker featuring the logo of the Climate Heritage Network in various shades on blue, sitting on a table at an airport with a laptop and blue sky in the background
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Updated zoom link for the second event!
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September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Join our hybrid side events at Africa Climate Summit 2!
These free events are made possible by our generous supporters. Links in 🧵
@icomos.bsky.social @ifla.org @cop30brazil.bsky.social @juliesbicycle.bsky.social #climateheritage #cop30 #culture4climate
08 September 2025 Mobilizing Culture and Heritage for Climate Resilience African Solutions from the Ground Up - Highlighting indigenous knowledge, local practices, and heritage-based adaptation strategies ICOMOS / Climate Heritage Network / IFLA / COP30 Brasil 08 September 2025 Heritage in Climate Policy Aligning NDCs with Culture-Based Adaptation - Focusing on the integration of cultural heritage into African climate strategies and finance frameworks ICOMOS / Climate Heritage Network / IFLA / COP30 Brasil
September 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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📣Le Réseau patrimoine climatique sollicite des propositions de personnes et d'entreprises qualifiées pour élaborer un plan d'action à court terme et un plan stratégique à long terme pour l'organisation ! Date limite de dépôt des propositions : 19 septembre.
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📣 The Climate Heritage Network seeks proposals from qualified individuals and firms to complete a near-term action plan and long-term strategic plan for the organization!
Proposals due by September 19. Details here: www.climateheritage.org/press/reques...
Climate Heritage Network request for proposals with graphic of a plan with various numbered steps, gears, arrows, and a presentation board
August 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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📣 The Climate Heritage Network seeks proposals from qualified individuals and firms to complete a near-term action plan and long-term strategic plan for the organization!
Proposals due by September 19. Details here: www.climateheritage.org/press/reques...
Climate Heritage Network request for proposals with graphic of a plan with various numbered steps, gears, arrows, and a presentation board
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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📆 Early registration deadline TOMORROW!

The second edition of the International Congress on Culture in Climate Action will be held virtually on September 17, 18, and 19, 2025. More: www.even3.com.ar/e/congreso-i...

#climateaction #climateheritage #culture4climate #cop30
Gray pergola casting shadows on large, green leaves. Congreso Internacional de Cultura en Accion Climatica Congresso Internacional de Cultura em Acao Climatica International Congress of Culture in Climate Action
August 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Time-sensitive call to action: SB62
Sign on to the Heritage Adapts to Climate Alliance Position Paper before Thursday, June 26 at 5 pm Bonn time (CEST)
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Urgent updates from the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB62) via @preservinglegacies.bsky.social
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Position Paper Sign On HACA.docx
CHN - HACA Position Paper Sign-on Instructions: The Position Paper on Work to Develop Indicators to Measure Progress Under Thematic 9g and other Culture-Related Provisions of the Global Goal on Adap...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Next week, join us as we organize in response to the threats to our shared #climateheritage values. We are stronger together.

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#climateaction #handsoff
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April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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🌍 EARTH DAY EVENT 2025 🌍

📄 Youth Voices for Climate Action & Cultural Heritage: A Virtual Dialogue ✨

Join @climateheritage.bsky.social & #YOUNGO for an online, youth-led conversation on climate action & cultural heritage 🌿🏛

🗓 April 22, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/42MTiUC
April 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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In recognition of Earth Day, join us next week for a free webinar! #climateheritage #greensky #cop30 #climateaction
Youth Voices for Climate Action and Cultural Heritage: A Virtual Dialogue
More details and registration here: climateheritage.squarespace.com/press/chn-yo...
CHN Youth Forum co-hosts Earth Day Virtual Event — Climate Heritage Network
Youth Voices for Climate Action and Cultural Heritage: A Virtual Dialogue
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April 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🧵Just released: Athens Declaration on Culture-Based Climate Actions, a timely reminder in advance of #COP30 & #Mondiacult ’25 of the urgent need to fill the culture gap in climate action, via the 4th Intl Conf TMM-CH & #EuropaNostra

🔗 tmm-ch.com/files/tee/20...

Some highlights⬇️

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April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hot off the presses - #YOUNGO Arts, Culture, and Heritage Working Group looks ahead to #COP30, from the desk of CHN Youth Forum Co-convener for the Africa and Arab States region!
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Road to COP30 Time to integrate culture and heritage perspectives into global climate agendas About the Author Darius Saviour Ankamah Youth Climate Negotiator CHN Youth Forum Co-Convener for Africa and the Arab States Contact Point for YOUNGO ACH WG Culture and Heritage in Global Climate Agendas Culture and heritage play a vital role in fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Cultural heritage, including both tangible and intangible aspects, is deeply intertwined with the climate crisis, possessing traditional knowledge and practices that can inform climate resilience and adaptation strategies, while also being closely tied to community and socio-cultural systems that influence human behaviour and relationships with the environment. Moreover, natural heritage sites, such as UNESCO World Heritage forests, are crucial carbon sinks, storing approximately 13 billion tonnes of carbon and absorbing around 190 million tonnes of CO2 per year; however, these forests face alarming threats, having lost 3.5 million hectares between 2001 and 2020, highlighting the need to integrate cultural and natural heritage into climate action, enhance climate resilience, foster sustainable development, and support climate justice (UNESCO). Page 2 Anticipated Climate Heritage Discussions at COP30 Discussions surrounding climate heritage have gained momentum in recent COP conferences, with significant developments leading up to COP30. At COP28 in 2023, the ‘Group of Friends of Culture-Based Climate Action’ was established and co-chaired by the United Arab Emirates and Brazil. This coalition, comprising over 30 ministers and government representatives, emphasizes integrating culture, arts, heritage, and creative industries into climate strategies. The groups formation reflects a growing recognition of culture’s role in climate action (UNESCO). Building on this, the second High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Culture-Based Climate Action convened at COP29 in 2024. Supported by UNESCO, ministers worldwide underscored the urgency of safeguarding cultural heritage from climate impacts and leveraging it for climate resilience. The dialogue concluded with a communique advocating for intensified integration of cultural perspectives into global climate agendas (European Heritage Hub). Despite these efforts, COP29’s final conclusions di dnot include requests for UNFCCC workshops on culture and heritage issues in 2025, leading to disappointment among advocates. This outcome has shifted focus to COP30 in Belem, Brazil, where there is renewed hope for formalizing culture-based climate action within UNFCCC frameworks (Europa Nostra). Page 3 Relevance of Belem to Cultural Heritage Belem, the capital of Para state in northern Brazil, is a gateway to the Amazon rainforest and boasts a rich cultural heritage blending indigenous, African, and Portuguese influences. The city’s historical significance as a colonial port and its vibrant traditions in music, cuisine, and festivals highlight its cultural diversity. Hosting COP30 in Belem underscores the intrinsic link between cultural heritage and environmental conservation, especially in the Amazon region. However, Belem faces challenges, including pollution, untreated sewage, and high crime rates. Preparations for COP30 involve major projects like the Parque da Cidade and new hotel developments to address infrastructure deficits. Local nonprofits are advocating for sustainable solutions, such as restoring natural riverbanks to combat flooding, reflecting the city’s commitment to harmonizing cultural preservation with environmental sustainability (AP News). COP30 is poised to be a pivotal platform for advancing culture-based climate action, with Belem’s rich cultural backdrop offering a poignant setting to highlight the synergy between cultural heritage and climate resilience (European Heritage Hub).
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Read @preservinglegacies.bsky.social blog post introducing 12 new heritage places & practices in its 2025 cohort! 🌍✨

Discover how communities around the world are protecting what matters most and adapting to the threats of climate change.

🔗 www.heritageadapts.org/post/2025-ne...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Happening now: Urban Sustainability Exchange (USE) Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025! Catch CHN in Session E, Heritage, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Registration is free!
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Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025: Panel Discussion and Network Sessions
Find out more about the Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025 Panel Discussion and Network Sessions
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April 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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CHN Field Notes from March:
🌱 @iclei.org and @africa.iclei.org announce the first Race to Resilience Culture cohort!
🌟 @preservinglegacies.bsky.social kicks off HACA Community Leaders Circle across the US & Togo!
🏙️ Built Buildings Lab advocates for heritage based decarbonization at GlobalABC!
April 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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For our American members, an opportunity to contribute to the @ipcc.bsky.social
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eos.org Eos @eos.org · Mar 31
A new academic alliance is providing a pathway for U.S. climate scientists to participate in a critical international climate report after the Trump administration's actions to bar U.S. delegates from a meeting in February. eos.org/research-and...
Climate Scientists Unite to Nominate U.S. Experts for IPCC Report - Eos
A new academic alliance provides a pathway for U.S. climate scientists to participate in a critical international climate report.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The #AR7 report outlines adopted by @ipcc.bsky.social markedly expand coverage of culture & heritage -- but to realize that potential, the IPCC will now need authors & reviewers with culture expertise.
Deadline: 17 April!
Learn more: preservinglegacies.circle.so/c/haca-resou...
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Culture and Heritage in AR7 Action Alert | Preserving Legacies
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March 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Green transformation & climate impacts can reorder/disrupt populations, intersecting with other social change. Excited to speak to heritage’s role at “EU Enlargement: Cultural Heritage as a Key Resource,” 3-4 April in Budva ME & online.
🔗 www.europeanheritagehub.eu/registration...
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Register for the European Heritage Hub Forum in Budva, Montenegro
The third European Heritage Hub forum will take place in Budva, Montenegro, from 3-4 April 2025. This edition will focus on social transformation, highlighting the vital role of cultural heritage in f...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM