The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has announced the launch of the “Imagining Low Carbon, Just, Climate Resilient Futures Through Culture and Heritage” project, made possible by a generous $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This transformative initiative aims to leverage culture and heritage as powerful catalysts for effective climate action, empowering communities worldwide to safeguard their cultural legacies while promoting sustainable futures.

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) is a global network of more than 250 member organisations committed to supporting communities in achieving the ambitions of the Paris Agreement by scaling up culture-based climate action. The new Action Plan announced today by the network of organisations, charities, government bodies, universities, memory and cultural institutions, and cultural and creative industries from around the world seeks to fill this gap.

The Co-Chairs of the Climate Heritage Network have announced the members of the Network’s Steering Committee for 2022-24. The new CHN Steering Committee representatives were selected by the Network’s elected regional Co-Chairs from among nominated candidates seconded by CHN Members.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce new members of the Network. The announcement was first made on 15 February 2021 at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce new members of the Network. The announcement was first made on 14 September meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 26 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 27 July, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

El Alcalde de Cuenca, Ecuador Pedro Palacios Ullauri ha sido anunciado como Co-Presidente de la Red de Patrimonio Climático, la alianza líder mundial de organizaciones de arte cultura y patrimonio para la acción climática que congrega alrededor de 150 redes, gobiernos y organizaciones internacionales, nacionales y subnacionales.

The Mayor of Cuenca, Ecuador Pedro Palacios Ullauri, has been announced as a new Co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network, the world’s leading alliance of arts, culture and heritage organisations for climate action, uniting a global coalition of 150 international, national and subnational networks, governments and organisations.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 15 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 27 April, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee.

The Climate Heritage Network is pleased to announce that an additional 45 organisations have become network members. The announcement was first made on 11 February, 2020, at a meeting of the network’s International Steering Committee held in Abu Dhabi, UAE during the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF10) organised by UN-Habitat, the United Nations’ cities and human settlements program.

The newly formed Climate Heritage Network released its first action plan to help mobilise arts, culture and heritage for climate action at an event held in Madrid at COP25, the 2019 UN Climate Summit. Dubbed the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and Heritage Climate Action Plan, its release kicks off a year of culture-based climate action that will culminate in 2020 at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Organisations across the arts, culture and heritage sector are being called on to take urgent action against climate change as a new international network launches in Edinburgh today (Thursday 24 Oct, 2019) at an event hosted by Historic Environment Scotland (HES).