Resource Library

The immense potential of cultural heritage to drive climate action and support just transitions by communities towards low carbon, climate-resilient futures often goes untapped.  In December 2019 the newly formed Climate Heritage Network released its initial plan to mobilise arts, culture, and heritage for climate action at a side event held in Madrid at the 2019 UN Climate Conference known as COP25. Dubbed the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture, and Heritage Climate Action Plan, its release kicked off two years of culture-based climate action that culminated at the 2021 UN Climate Conference, COP26, in Glasgow. 

We’re thrilled to present this Climate Heritage Resource Library, a one-stop-shopping web site which collects the tools prepared as part of the Action Plan. Each of these resources is designed to help dismantle a different barrier to climate action by cultural actors and operators.  Discover how these resources can help you accelerate your climate action and to learn more about the Working Groups that have created them.

Cultural Heritage in Climate Planning: HiCLIP Pilot Project for Understanding the Integration of Culture into Climate Action

Building Reuse is Climate Action!

The Models of Supporting Climate Action by Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples

Communicating the Role of Culture and Heritage in Climate Action

The Role of Culture in Climate Resilient Development: Strategies