Hear the messages African heritage delegates carried to COP27 and their plans for future culture-based climate action on the continent.

Dr Irem Gencer, Associate Professor in the Department of Restoration at Yildiz Technical University, and a specialist in urban preservation, vernacular architecture, and planning history, will physical elements of vernacular architecture, and their relationship to the prevailing climate: not only at building level, but also on the scale of sites. This event is part of the series Responding to the Climate Emergency: Lessons from the Global South, hosted by Historic England in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network leading up to COP27.

Mokolade Johnson of the University of Lagos will speak to architectural well-being and planning in rural-urban communities, and the issues of dialect and language in the transmission of vernacular building knowledge.This event is part of the series Responding to the Climate Emergency: Lessons from the Global South, hosted by Historic England in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network leading up to COP27.

Dr Rim Kelouaze, Vice Chair of the Climate Heritage Network’s Africa and the Arab States Region, and winner of the 2019 Denis Pietton Award from the Institute Francais for her work on reviving the use of clay-based architecture for urban development, will present on vernacular architecture and adaptation in the context of climate risk management. This event is part of the series Responding to the Climate Emergency: Lessons from the Global South, hosted by Historic England in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network leading up to COP27.

Excitement is building for the COP27 United Nations climate change conference taking place in Egypt in November and about the role of arts and culture in accelerating climate action. Since last year’s COP26 took place in Scotland and saw an incredibly rich range of arts and cultural projects, we’re offering a special online networking event to connect people in Egypt and Scotland working on climate and culture in the run-up to COP27.

Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 2-4pm London time (GMT+1) / 3-5pm Egypt Time (GMT +2)

This Mondiacult event looks at how policy can unlock the power of culture to help people imagine & realise just, climate resilient futures.

Location: Mexico City and hybrid
Time: 7:00pm UTC / 3pm EDT / 2pm CDT (Mexico City)

Professor Cordelia Osasona of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. will be speaking on "The Renewal of 'Heritage' Architecture in Ile-Ife: Issues, Challenges and Outcomes". As she will stress, 'heritage' encompasses not only the historic values of traditional and vernacular buildings, but also the values of those who live in and work in them. This event is part of the series Responding to the Climate Emergency: Lessons from the Global South, hosted by Historic England in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network leading up to COP27.

Join African colleagues for a discussion of heritage's role in climate resilience, and the opportunities/challenges for locally-led, science-based, values-driven vulnerability assessment processes in Africa & globally, featuring lessons from the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) Africa project.

Culture is both part of the cause and part of the response to climate change. On 1 March 2022, the Climate Heritage Network and Culture 2030 Goal are joining together to host a very special debate that will explore these tensions and their implications for cultural policy.

Culture is now recognized as the fourth pillar of sustainable development. This event will look at how partnerships with the culture sector can accelerate sustainable development in the Decade of Action, while supporting the cultural life of our communities, and safeguarding our heritage for future generations. What partnership models are possible? How can unique strengths be combined? What lessons can be shared?

Mark your calendars for 16 November 2020 when the Climate Heritage Network will hold an action-oriented Annual General Assembly (AGA) of its members focused on organising, planning and preparing to bring the voice of arts, culture and heritage to the next UN Climate Summit (COP26).

Communicating the cultural dimensions of climate change, particularly to policymakers and policy advisors, is foundational to realising the potential of culture and heritage to help drive climate action. For Culture x Climate Week 3, our weekly Climate Heritage Mobilisation webinar series focuses on the challenging and critical activity of climate communications for arts, culture and heritage agencies, institutions and advocates.

Join us in exploring the intersection of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Cities Research Agenda and the IPCC Culture and Heritage Research Agenda.