Discover the 2021 Climate Heritage Network Annual Report
Mobilising Culture for Climate Action
CHN Youth Forum Launch at the ICLEI COP26 Multilevel Action Pavilion, co-sponsored by UCLG (L to R): Louise Kelly, Youth Forum Co-Convenor (Historic Environment Scotland); Yoloxochitl Lucio Orizaga, Co-Convenor (ICOMOS Emerging Professionals Working Group, Mexico); Isabela Watler (National Trust for the Cayman Islands).
The climate emergency rages on. The quest for low-carbon, climate-resilient futures continues — and the world increasingly is counting culture in. The members of the Climate Heritage Network proudly present their report on the CHN’s activities for 2021. The Network’s second full year of operation saw CHN members around the world laying foundations, creating tools and resources, building teams – and taking culture-based climate action. Individually, these accomplishments helped drive forward transformative change. Collectively, they expanded the leverage that comes from collaborating and speaking with one voice. Read on to discover why and how CHN members have been mobilising culture for climate action!
Discover the 2021 Climate Heritage Network Annual Report
The Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI)-Africa training course had participants from Cabo Verde, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda and trainers from CHN member organisations/ partner across Africa and the World.
What We Accomplished Together
The CHN is a voluntary coalition of diverse #ClimateHeritage collaborators taking action, doing research, implementing programs, and championing policies. As CHN members, they also are doing one more thing –sharing. The CHN’s 2021 Annual Report documents just a few of the fruits of these collaborations. From dismantling barriers to culture-based climate action through the CHN’s Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture & Heritage Climate Action Plan to amplifying culture and heritage voices at the G20 and COP26, this work demonstrates that culture-climate advocates are truly stronger together.
Launched at COP26, the CHN’s Race to Resilience Initiative aims to catalyse arts & heritage colleagues in 200 cities and regions to pursue culture-based strategies to build climate resilience among vulnerable groups.
Who We Are
Advocates created the CHN to have a place to connect, learn, exchange, and coordinate. Across the pages of the Annual Report, meet the NGOs, cultural institutions, universities, businesses, and public bodies that make up the CHN. You’ll also be introduced to hundreds of their members and staff, colleagues who kept on acting on climate and sharing their efforts via the CHN network, despite a COVID-19 pandemic that sorely challenged the capacity of many to do culture-based climate programming.
A Strong Network
In 2021 Climate Heritage Network members around the world were able to use their CHN membership to gain more visibility and support for their climate action work. The CHN also stepped up its efforts to provide them with tools to do it, made possible by a record number of donors contributing both money and in-kind support.
Photo: CHN COP26 delegate Rosie Paul of Masons Ink, India, introducing COP26TV viewers to #ClimateHeritage
Showcasing Climate Action
The CHN showcased over 100 members’ and partners’ projects in 2021 via reports, events and social media. As you enjoy the CHN’s 2021 Annual Report, look for a cross section of these inspiring efforts, drawn from adaptation and resilience, greenhouse gas reduction, planning for loss and damage, acting for climate empowerment, and just transition, and learn more about some of the ways the CHN was able to amplify them.
Thank you 2021 Funders!
The Climate Heritage Network is a volunteer network of networks that acts largely through its members and the volunteer service of their staffs and members. But even a volunteer network requires funding to operate. The CHN is enormously thankful for the members, partners, and friends that provided financial and in-kind support in 2021 and proud of the climate action their donations helped leverage.
