Brazilian Charter on Cultural Heritage and Climate Change

The Brazilian Charter on Cultural Heritage and Climate Change (2024–2025) is an initiative of the ICOMOS-Brazil Climate Change and Heritage Committee in partnership with the Department of Articulation, Promotion and Education of IPHAN. Built through a dialogical and participatory process, it involved workshops across different biomes, an open public consultation phase, and the endorsement of more than 200 institutions. Using methodologies such as the “Risk Flower” from the Preserving Legacies program, the Charter consolidated three general recommendations: conducting local diagnostics; fostering interaction between traditional knowledge and science & technology; and establishing a financing fund to support these solutions. Recognizing cultural heritage as an essential dimension of climate justice, the Charter will be presented as Brazil’s contribution to the preparatory debates for COP30 (Belém, 2025)