{"id":2733,"date":"2022-10-01T00:24:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2022-10-08T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T06:49:33","slug":"responding-to-the-climate-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2733","title":{"rendered":"Responding to the climate emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

I have been attending the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development MONDIACULT 2022<\/a> in Mexico-City (28-30 September 2022). My University made a story<\/a> out of it!<\/p>\r\n

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My formal role was an invited statement in the session \u201cResponding to the climate emergency: new imperatives for cultural policy\u201d, organised by the Climate Heritage Network<\/a>. The session attracted an audience of more than 60 participants in the room (plus an unknown number of digital listeners) and it was very well received.<\/p>\r\n

In my short contribution, I emphasized the significance of culture for mitigating the climate crisis and for preparing for a different world in the future. I also noted what I called the Climate Heritage Paradox:<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Heritage promotes continuity when we in fact need change.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Heritage is framed in a local\/national context when in fact we need global and multilateral collaboration.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    (Similar issues are now also discussed in a White Paper on “The role of cultural and natural heritage for climate action<\/em><\/a>” which resulted from the\u00a0 International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage and Climate<\/em> Change co-arranged by IPCC, UNESCO, and ICOMOS in December 2021.)<\/p>\r\n

    I concluded with two action items. Capacity building is necessary …<\/p>\r\n