4/4 Through these projects, broader challenges for research and practice will be explored.

3/4 Drawing on recent and current projects being undertaken within the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, this presentation will focus on the areas of climate change risk assessment for heritage, decarbonisation of the heritage sector, and data-driven approaches to heritage policy.

2/4 Heritage, environmental risk, and data analytics
This talk will summarise recent research advances at the intersection of heritage and environmental risk.

The University of Dundee Archives contain reference to acidity levels in Loch Fleet and a project that led to successful reintroduction of Salmon into the Loch by reducing the acidity of the Loch water. A success story for climate change 🐟

archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-7-1-11-2

The cafe at the Museum of Natural History’s Eat the Future pop up cafe serves food witha focus on sustainable eating.

oumnh.ox.ac.uk/sustainable-...

#COP30
National Museum Scotland increased its biodiversity by redesigning its grass-cutting regime and sowing Scottish wildflowers on grass verges outside its National Museums Collection Centre, creating a habitat for more than 400 recorded species.

www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...

#NMCBiodiversity

The National Grid have five priority areas to focus on for decarbonisation of the grid
www.nationalgrid.com/deliveringfo...

The potential use of solar panels to supply some of the electricity needed for trains in the UK - particularly those that are already electrified lines.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join the Global Ethical Stocktake: How can we ensure the people whose heritage is most at risk have a leading voice in its preservation and in global climate policy?
museumofthehome.org.uk/about-us/cli...

#COP30
Art & Justice:
Art and museums are crucial for driving conversation. The Museum of the Home in London has issued a Climate Action Manifesto to integrate climate issues into all public programming, connecting the global crisis directly to the intimate concept of 'home.'

The climate crisis disproportionately affects communities that are often the stewards of the world's most vulnerable cultural heritage. Museums are powerful voices for advocacy and education.

livingwithai.me

www.scottishaiplaybook.com

e.g. using the free Living with AI course and the Scottish AI playbook, and actively choosing to use AI mindfully and in impactful ways.

We can help minimise the impact of AI usage on the environment by developing our AI literacy skills and knowledge

www.gov.uk/government/n...