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The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced new initiatives to redouble Climate Adaptation Efforts and prioritize historic preservation as a key defence against the effects of climate change, with projects including the rehabilitation of traditional Nepalese water systems to help … Continue reading →

From the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) Mobilization in 2018 to COP27 in 2022 and beyond, the CHN video library includes essential discussions focused on arts, culture and heritage and their intersections with gender, youth, tourism, infrastructure, and more.

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN), of which the IHBC is a member, is running Culture x Climate featuring CHN-sponsored webinars, weekly themes and affiliated events from CHN members and allies, running 12 October through to 27 November.

Following the IHBC’s support for the highly successful Edinburgh launch of the Climate Heritage Network – the Institute has re-affirmed its commitment to the Network and its objectives, while noting also the newly-published Action Plan, the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and … Continue reading →

The IHBC supported the recent and highly successful launch of the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) at Edinburgh Castle, hosted by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and led by ICOMOS, included a presentation by author and IHBC Technical Panel lead John Edwards … Continue reading →

IHBC supports new Climate Heritage Network launch: Edinburgh 24-25/10

IHBC to Exhibit and Present at the upcoming Climate Heritage Network Launch Event in Edinburgh 24-25 October.

The Climate Heritage Network Global Launch in Edinburgh is a two-day programme (24-25 October) devoted to urgently mobilizing the cultural heritage sector for climate action in Europe and across the globe, which will have the IHBC in attendance.

The first ever Buildings and Climate Global Forum, organised by the French Government and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), concluded with the adoption by representatives of 70 countries of the Declaration de Chaillot, a foundational document enabling progress towards a … Continue reading →

The Climate Change and UNESCO Heritage pilot project will bring public and private bodies and their data together within three UK UNESCO heritage sites to develop and test models of improved joint working plus new approaches and data tools to … Continue reading →

A retrofit of one of Scotland’s famous tenements is tackling energy performance, improving health and wellbeing as well as preserving a vital legacy. image for illustration: Glasgow Southside Tenement by GeorgeRob at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The IHBC is delighted to join signatories to the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) Call to Action to put ‘Culture at the Heart of Climate Action’, asking the UNFCCC to include cultural heritage, the arts and creative sectors in climate policy.

The IHBC, a member of the Climate Heritage Network (CHN), has welcomed the CHN update on the 2023 UN Climate Change conference (COP28) in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and running from 30/11 to 12/12.

The IHBC has updated details for our Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE Zoom Breakout Rooms topics and hosts, for 21 June, where anyone registered can meet, network, ask and learn about a huge range of heritage-linked topics, live and online, supporting #IHBCSwansea2023.

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s North West Branch Conference report … Continue reading →

The IHBC has updated details for our Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE Zoom Breakout Rooms topics and hosts, for 21 June, where anyone registered can meet, network, ask and learn about a huge range of heritage-linked topics, live and online, supporting #IHBCSwansea2023.