ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group celebrates 18.04 with Climate Literacy Trainings
ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group (CAWG) celebrates International Day for Monuments and Sites together with several national committees and partner networks, through the ICOMOS Climate Literacy Trainings (CLT) campaign. As the day of monuments and sites is bringing visibility to the work undertaken to conserve and protect the world’s culturally significant “Living Heritage” – increasingly at risk from accelerating disasters and conflicts unfolding in complex, multi-hazard contexts, CAWG showcases via CLT campaign the need and power of united climate action.
ICOMOS CAWG is conducting CLTs for the CAWG network and, in cooperation with several partners and national committees worldwide, onlilne and in several locations in Brazil, Australia, Argentina, the USA, New Zealand, France, Slovenia, and Turkey. Through CLTs, we demonstrate global solidarity and the importance of living heritage in climate action, and highlight the urgent need to empower heritage communities in the climate crisis, both within and beyond ICOMOS. The CAWG’s expertise enables the activation of new climate leaders and builds a global community of heritage custodians committed to climate action.
To celebrate 18.04, ICOMOS CAWG organises 15.04-29.04 Climate Literacy online training for trainers with QA session and information session. Trainers: Will Megarry, Sarah Forgesson, Ave Paulus.
In April, CLTs are taking place in Australia and Brazil in cooperation with CAWG, ICOMOS Brazil, and ICOMOS Australia, with the support of National Geographic and the Preserving Legacies. In Brazil, they are led by Bruno Andrade (Salvador, training on 16-17.04) and Luana Campos (Brasília, training on 23-24.04), and in Australia, in Adelaide and online on 18.04 by Flavia Kiperman – all ICOMOS CAWG active members.
Climate Literacy Training for Heritage course is a set of resources designed to provide foundational climate knowledge for those in the heritage sector. Informed by CAWG studies and experience, it is designed to increase heritage professionals’ confidence and ability to engage in climate actions. Climate Literacy Training material developed between 2023-2024, focuses on foundational climate literacy, and explores three main areas: 1) Climate Science, Impacts and Carbon Footprints, 2) Understanding Sources of Carbon and Mitigation, and 3) From Climate Change to
Climate Action for Heritage. This training builds on the ICOMOS “Futures of Our Pasts”(2019) report.
More information on ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group activities and Climate Literacy Trainings ICOMOS CLIMATE ACTION WORKING GROUP WEBINAR 5.03 12-13 CEST – ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group
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Contact: Ave Paulus, Focal Point of ICOMOS CAWG, ave.paulus@icomos.org
Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity and its cultural heritage. The gravity of the situation was acknowledged at the 2020 ICOMOS General Assembly, which declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency. Climate change is the dominant cause of natural disasters worldwide and the underlying cause of several social conflicts. Adaptation options that were feasible and effective yesterday become constrained and less effective as global warming exceeds 1,5 degrees. Losses and damages will increase, and additional human and natural systems will reach adaptation limits. Only the solidarity of our joint international efforts can save our cultural and biological diversity!
