About this project
Cultural heritage and creative practice in environmental crisis
Climate change is placing increasing pressure on cultural heritage, from historic places and cultural landscapes to contemporary creative practices, community traditions and relationships to place. This project examines how Australia, France and the Indo Pacific can better recognise, protect and support cultural heritage as part of climate action, resilience planning and policy development.
Climate change is affecting these diverse forms of cultural heritage. Extreme weather, environmental degradation, displacement and changing landscapes can damage heritage places and disrupt cultural practices. These impacts are not only physical. They also affect identity, memory, community connection and cultural continuity.
This project investigates how cultural heritage can be better recognised in climate action. It asks how cultural heritage can be protected from climate risks, and how artists, cultural organisations, heritage practitioners and communities can contribute to more culturally responsive climate resilience.
The project builds on the earlier Australia France collaborative research project, Cultural Heritage in a Changing Climate. This next stage develops the work further by focusing on policy recommendations for cultural heritage, climate action and resilience across Australia, France and the Indo Pacific.
These activities will help identify how cultural heritage can be considered not only as something at risk, but also as a source of knowledge, identity, creativity and resilience in climate action.
