The IHBC warmly welcomes Historic England’s (HE’s) new series of Climate Wednesdays, linked to COP27: Responding to the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Global South.
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‘…pins down the global context of heritage and climate.…’
IHBC Education Secretary Chris Wood said: ‘It’s great to see these accessible – and free- webinars on issues that are absolutely central not only to the sector, but to the all of our futures.’
‘The line-up is of course tied to COP 27 – the ‘Africa COP’ – and is especially welcome as it pins down the global context of heritage and climate.’
‘The content also highlights the huge challenges faced by communities that seldom have the infrastructure that we rely on so much.’
… an in-depth look at a range of topics related to climate change and cultural heritage…
Historic England writes:
Join and view Climate Wednesday webinars. These free webinars, hosted by Historic England in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network, provide delegates with an in-depth look at a range of topics related to climate change and cultural heritage presented by international experts in heritage and climate change research, policy and practice. Formerly billed as ‘Climate Fridays’, we have moved their day and time slot to make this important and informative climate-change webinar series more accessible to professionals working in the UK and the GMT time zone.
To take part in our webinars or to access webinar recordings we recommend that you use the Adobe Connect application which can be downloaded for Windows or Mac devices. If you are unable to install the Adobe application, you can use a web browser, however Internet Explorer does not support Adobe Connect webinars or recordings.
For webinars on in-depth technical approaches to specific climate change adaptions, see our Technical Tuesdays page….
Background to Responding to the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Global South.
In the run-up to COP27 (which has been described as the Africa COP) in November, and in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network (CHN), Historic England’s Building Climate Change Adaptation Team are launching a new and very special webinar series: Responding to the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Global South.
Our colleagues in the Global South have retained practical knowledge of what a built environment looks like when it is not utterly dependent on fossil fuels for either construction or operation. This is knowledge that we in the Global North have largely lost – especially outside the world of building conservation. Are we missing vital tools that we will need both to limit climate change, and to deal with its effects?
Each webinar will feature an invited specialist from the Global South. Our guest will present their work and then discuss their knowledge and experience with us, as we seek to draw out practical lessons for the Global North. We will be covering a wide range of vital topics, including vernacular architecture as continuing practice (not least its adaptation to a changing climate), the traditional operation of buildings for usability and comfort in extreme weather, and ways of managing change and loss.
Dates and speakers
12 October: Vernacular architecture and adaptation, in the context of climate risk management.
Speaker: Dr Rim Kelouaze (Vice Chair of the CHN’s Africa and the Arab States Region, and winner of the 2019 Denis Pietton Award from the Institute Francais for her work on reviving the use of clay-based architecture for urban development).
26 October: Architectural well-being and planning in rural-urban communities, and the issues of dialect and language in the transmission of vernacular building knowledge.
Speaker: Dr Mokolade Johnson (University of Lagos, Nigeria).
9 November: The physical elements of vernacular architecture, and their relationship to the prevailing climate: not only at building level, but also on the scale of sites.
Speaker: Dr Irem Gencer (Associate Professor in the Department of Restoration at Yildiz Technical University, and a specialist in urban preservation, vernacular architecture, and planning history).
