Our partners
The Climate Action Working Group is actively involved in a range of projects that ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) leads, co-leads, or partners in. Explore the initiatives below to learn more about our collaborative efforts and ongoing impact.
2023-ongoing
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the three Advisory Bodies – ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN – are developing their first joint toolkit on climate action for World Heritage. Coordinated through the World Heritage Leadership programme, and with the initial support from the Australian Government, the toolkit will support States Parties and site managers to integrate climate change action in the management strategies of World Heritage sites. Since 2025, the project has entered a testing phase. Working with local site managers, the toolkit will be applied at five World Heritage properties throughout different regions, starting with a natural site in Norway in October 2025.
2022-ongoing
Preserving Legacies is supported by the National Geographic Society, with ICOMOS as its primary partner and fiscal manager. The initiative is driven by a diverse leadership team and an expanding network of site custodians, many of whom are members of ICOMOS National Committees, International Scientific Committees, and the ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group.
2020-2022
ICOMOS worked alongside a global team that included the Climate Heritage Network (CHN), Historic England, the International National Trust Organisation (INTO) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The project also involved national partners such as the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, National Museums Tanzania, ICOMOS Nigeria, Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) and the American University of Nigeria (AUN). The project was funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.
2020
Heritage on the Edge is an innovative online platform that was launched by Google Arts & Culture, designed to raise awareness about the growing threats to World Cultural Heritage sites due to climate change. Developed through a year-long collaboration between ICOMOS, Google and CyArk, the platform showcased the impact of climate change on heritage sites globally.
