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Panel Discussion
Cultural Heritage in Climate Action - Plans to Accelerate Solutions
Climate science and policy recognize the importance of addressing the socio-cultural enablers of climate action. The session highlights three heritage-centric plans to accelerate climate solutions, where ICOMOS and its Estonian partners are active: Heritage-Informed Building Decarbonization, Heritage Adapts! and Integration of Cultural Heritage in NAPs. Three Coalition-led Cultural Heritage Centric global PAS of the global climate action agenda Axis 5 are concrete measurable ways to highlight the role of cultural heritage in the climate policies and action. Heritage Now! is a campaign to harness the potential of built heritage for a resilient, climate positive and just future. Heritage Adapts! Is a movement of community stewards adapting their heritage sites and cultural practices to climate change. GFCBCA initiative targets cultural heritage-based solutions in National Adaptation Plans.
- Kati Lindström, ICOMOS Estonia; Vice President, ICOMOS Polar Heritage Committee (Estonia)
- Meredith Wiggins, World Monuments Fund (USA)
- Andrew Potts, Europa Nostra - The Role of Cultural Heritage in Global Climate Policies
- Gráinne Shaffrey, President, ICOMOS (Ireland) - Heritage-Based Decarbonisation of the Built Environment: The Irish Case (Ireland)
- Ave Paulus, ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group; ICOMOS Estonia (Estonia) - Heritage Adapts! Campaign in Estonia: The Lahemaa National Park Case (Estonia)
- Antonio Queterres, Spanish Government; GFCBCA (Spain) - Cultural Heritage in Spain’s Climate Agenda