Event opportunity this week: Built-Environment Talks: People, Place, Purpose
Environmental Ethics in Rural and Urban Contexts
Join us to Enhance Knowledge-informed Practices!
Thursday, January 29 2pm Lagos time (1 pm GMT)
Link to join: us02web.zoom.us/j/8259064197...
CHN leaders in Brazil advocated tirelessly for culture-based climate solutions at #COP30. Moussa Elimane Sall took a moment to reflect on his experience with a call to action to leverage this momentum to insist "Climate action without culture is incomplete."
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Starting now: Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change!
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Grateful for the safety of our CHN partners on the ground in Belém, and for their dedicated, ongoing efforts to champion culture-based climate action 💚
"The only space dedicated to culture inside the Blue Zone might be covered in ashes but our steadfast commitment to put culture at the heart of climate action remains strong."
@samuelrubinv.bsky.social
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I am not in Brazil but I can gratefully confirm that the @climateheritage.bsky.social team on the ground there is safe. #cop30
This week the event "Culture, Heritage and Climate Change: a look from Latin America" will take place on November 21, at the Amazon Museum (Belém, Para, Brazil)! The meeting will be hybrid with simultaneous translation into English and Spanish. #COP30
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Lots more coming up this week including collaborations with Marcele Oliveira, Darius Saviour Ankamah and Simon Musasizi speaking at the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion, and Mauro Gabriel García Santa Cruz, Co-Chair for the Latin America and Caribbean Region, representing CHN at a roundtable!
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Meredith Wiggins (World Monuments Fund) joined Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE and Ave Paulus at the Resilient Cities Pavilion to talk about Culture-Heritage Based Climate Action in the Built Environment.
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At the UNFCCC Side Event "What Can We Learn From Climate Smart Traditional Buildings," Built Buildings Lab partner Billie Faircloth moderated a panel that included Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE, Mokolade JOHNSON, HRH Princess Dana Firas, and Ave Paulus of @icomos.bsky.social
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@preservinglegacies.bsky.social earned a very special recognition, winning the Global Center on Adaptation's Local Adaptation Champions Award in the Citizen Science category!
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✨ CHN Highlights ✨
Simon Musasizi, Co-Chair for the Africa and Arab States Region, shared insights from projects like INTO Heritage's #withstandingchange, the Heritage Adapts! 3000 heritage sites × 2030 campaign, and #WeMakeTomorrow!
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Four smiling faces - from left, Susan Kamenar, Mokolade Johnson, Ave Paulus, and Simon Musasizi
Culture at the Heart of Climate Action Highlights from Week 1
Members of the Climate Heritage Network are making a powerful impact at #COP30 in Belém. These CHN leaders are showing that heritage and culture are essential for climate resilience, justice, and decarbonization.
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...‘develop concrete and inclusive pathways for integrating cultural heritage, arts, creative industries and indigenous knowledge systems into climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. Thanks to #climateheritagenetwork, the hosts; Brazil, UAE and Spain.
'The future isn't in what we'll create, but what we'll refuse to destroy'. At the Third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue of the Group of Friends for Culture-Based Climate Action, state parties adopted the #BarcelonaDeclaration, committing to among others...
Simon wears a black shirt with a geometric pattern in white on the right side, with palms trees and the Mediterranean Sea in the background
The Ministers of culture from the UAE, Brazil, and Spain as well as Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, sit at a table with white linen, microphones, and paper cards indicating their affiliation.
Ministers of Culture stand in front of a large blue backdrop with the Group of Friends for Culture-based Climate Action logo
Jenny Hay in a brown jacket, Princess Dana Firas in a red jacket, and Simon Musasizi in a black shirt smile in a selfie in front of the Group of Friends for Culture-based Climate Action logo
Dispatch from Simon Musasizi, Regional Co-Chair for the Africa and Arab States, who is in Barcelona this week for @uclg.bsky.social Culture Summit and @unesco.org #Mondiacult.
Jenny Hay speaks from behind a podium in a black dress with a red wall in the background
"Culture- those distinctively human endeavors that create meaning in our lives, inform our identities, & help define the values of our communities- CULTURE belongs at the heart of climate action & WE WILL NOT WAIT"
@ajennyh.bsky.social, CHN North America Coordinator @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit
Isaac Eseet stands behind a podium wearing a black suit and sunny yellow tie with a red wall in the background
"Culture is not a passive victim of climate change; Culture is an active driver of solutions."
Isaac Eseet, Coordinator for CHN's Africa and Arab States Region, speaking this morning at the @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit in Barcelona
#climateheritage #cop30 #wemaketomorrow #imaginingfutures
Marcy Rockman, Visiting Researcher Linnaeus University at a panel We Don’t Have Time streamed to New York Climate Week
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This week we're off to Barcelona for Mondiacult 2025.
As the world’s biggest cultural policy conference, we’ll be amplifying the #WeMakeTomorrow Global Call to a wide array of policy makers, artists, activists & cultural practitioners.
Grab yourself a sticker or business card from one of our team.
(Check out Carl's shoutout to another CHN member Robyn Pender in his presentation - CHN is fostering community, building momentum, and implementing solutions around the world!)
#climateheritage #climateaction #preservation #decarbonization #architecture
"We are the originators when it comes to recycling and green building, but now we must be the innovators."
Thank you Ethiel, Carl, and James Lindberg for your perseverance in carrying forward this critical work, the most important effort our generation will endeavor to achieve.
"If we - all of us here today and our colleagues and volunteers and members back home - and anyone who calls themself a preservationist - if we don’t lead the charge to retrofit existing buildings and actively demonstrate that this is a powerful path forward - who will?"
For the 2nd year in a row, the closing plenary featured Climate Action - we love to see it!
Ethiel Garlington of The 1772 Foundation, Inc. introduced CHN member Carl Elefante with strong words of action for the audience.
"Some of you in this room are making climate work a priority"
Ethiel stands behind a clear podium wearing glasses and a gray jacket speaking to a ballroom full of people sitting at round tables with white linens.
Carl sits on a stage in a chair wearing a light gray blazer in front of a projection screen displaying his name as well as Jim Lindberg's name. Jim is sitting to his left in a gray suit holding a microphone in his hand.
Carl stands in front of a projection screen, gesturing to the audience with his hands. On the screen are the words Comfort = Design + Operability, images of people, historic windows, and historic art, and Robyn Pender.
"Preservation as climate action - is our moral imperative. ... The good news is that it’s happening."
Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
Any US-based preservationists heading to the National Trust conference? Come grab a sticker and chat with the North America Coordinator!
Updated zoom link for the second event!
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Mobilizing Culture and Heritage for Climate Resilience: African Solutions from the Ground Up
Showcasing traditional knowledge, indigenous practices, and heritage-based adaptation strategies.
September 8, 2025, 6:00–7:30 PM (Addis/Nairobi Time)
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Heritage in Climate Policy: Aligning NDCs with Culture-Based Adaptation
Advocating for the integration of cultural heritage into African climate strategies and finance frameworks.
September 8, 2025, 10:00–11:30 AM (Addis/Nairobi Time)
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08 September 2025 Mobilizing Culture and Heritage for Climate Resilience African Solutions from the Ground Up - Highlighting indigenous knowledge, local practices, and heritage-based adaptation strategies ICOMOS / Climate Heritage Network / IFLA / COP30 Brasil
08 September 2025 Heritage in Climate Policy Aligning NDCs with Culture-Based Adaptation - Focusing on the integration of cultural heritage into African climate strategies and finance frameworks ICOMOS / Climate Heritage Network / IFLA / COP30 Brasil
Join our hybrid side events at Africa Climate Summit 2!
These free events are made possible by our generous supporters. Links in 🧵
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