Imagining and Realising Climate Resilient Futures: The Power of Arts, Culture and Heritage to Accelerate Climate Action
The Climate Heritage Manifesto for COP27
This Manifesto provides key messages on culture and climate change aimed at the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) and beyond. It seeks to activate those involved in arts, culture, and heritage to take climate action through communication and engagement, inspiring and assisting their constituents, members and audiences to increase ambition; to change their own behaviours; and to engage with climate change policy development at local and national government and intergovernmental level.
Simultaneously, in order to meet the urgency of the climate emergency, it strives to inspire and encourage greater synergistic collaboration on climate action with other sectors and partners that have not traditionally engaged with cultural actors.
We invite civil society, government at all levels, Indigenous Peoples’ organisations, cultural organizations and institutions, businesses, universities and research organisations and other stakeholders to join us in signing on to this Manifesto, signaling our shared ambition to help people imagine and realise low carbon, just, climate resilient futures through the power of culture – from art to heritage.
Sign the Manifesto
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The idea for the Manifesto “Accelerating Climate Action through the Power of Arts, Culture and Heritage” originated with the Climate Heritage Network and its COP27 Working Group, which focuses on building an Arts, Culture and Heritage Constituency for COP27. The Working Group conceived of the idea for the Manifesto as a way to summarize the key cultural messages for COP27.
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The Manifesto was drafting by a Drafting Group assembled by the Climate Heritage Network Culture at COP27 Working Group, coordinated by Jordi Pascual of United Cities and Local Governments Culture Committee.
Manifesto Drafting Group:
• Veronica Arias, CC35/Capital Cities of the Americas
• Yunus Arikan, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
• Alexander Lamont Bishop, International National Trust Organisation
• Carl Elefante, Architecture 2030
• Silja Fischer, International Music Council
• Hannah Fluck, Historic England
• Robert R. Janes, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice
• Daniela Micanovi, IFLA Europe
• Ishanlosen Odiaua, ICOMOS Nigeria
• Jordi Pascual, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Committee on Culture
• Navin Piplani, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
• Julianne Polanco, California Office of Historic Preservation
• Erminia Sciacchitano, Italian Ministry of Culture
• Tarisi Vunidilo, Pacific Islands Museums Association
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Yes. The names of organisational signers (but not individuals) will be published alongside the Manifesto. E-mail addresses will not be published.
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We will not share your e-mail address with anyone and will only use it to send you a confirmation link. If you give us permission, we will also add your email address to a very low volume mailing list which we may use to reach out in situations relevant to the Manifesto.
