Adapt your Heritage Site or Cultural Practice Now
You don’t have to adapt alone. Join the community of local stewards uniting behind a collective pledge to take climate adaptation action for their heritage sites and cultural practices by 2030 — and find the training, resources, and network to support your action!
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Why it Matters
Climate change is the fastest growing threat to heritage sites and cultural practices worldwide, yet many are unable to take needed action—there’s already so much to do, it’s hard to know where to start, and it often feels like you’re the only one thinking about it. You’re not alone! There are thousands of people like you around the world, so we started this pledge to unite us, and community to support us. We adapt better when we work together!
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Heritage Adapts! is recognized as 1 of 120 U.N. Global Climate Action Agenda "Plans to Accelerate Solutions" and is aligned with the Cultural Heritage target of the Global Goal on Adaptation. This means that when you join Heritage Adapts!, you're not only acting locally but are connected globally, with your work counting towards our collective goal of at least 3,000 heritage sites and cultural practices taking adaptation action by 2030.
Sites & Practices Taking Action
How it Works
Every heritage steward is invited to pledge to take locally led climate adaptation action for their heritage site or cultural practice by 2030, and to join the online Community of Action platform for the training, resources, and network to support you. No matter the type or scale of heritage you represent—whether natural and cultural places, objects and collections, intangible cultural heritage and practices, and beyond—Heritage Adapts! is for you. Even if you don't represent a site or practice, you are valued here too.
We adapt better together!
The Action Journey
After taking the pledge, answer a few questions to join your recommended stage on this self-paced roadmap for locally led adpatation. Developed with stewards in the field, it is grounded in an inclusive approach that weaves together scientific, Indigenous, and local knowledge.
Stage A: Deepen your Climate & Heritage Understanding
Learn & Organize: Build knowledge and momentum by enhancing your understanding of climate science, learning how it intersects with heritage, and organizing your community for action.
Stage B: Complete a Community-Led Risk Assessment & Adaptation Plan
Assess & Plan: Engage your community and use localised climate models from our Climate Data Hub to weave science with the knowledge your community already holds into a co-created risk assessment and adaptation plan.
Stage C: Take an Adaptation Action, Monitor & Evaluate
Implement & Learn: Put your plan into practice—whether new site interventions, updated management policies, or community-led campaigns. Then monitor progress, adapt as needed, and share your story!
The Commons
What you already know is just as important as what you find here. Whether you've taken the pledge or are an advocate, government official, practitioner, or researcher, your experience is valued and contributes to our collective efforts to adapt heritage. In this communal space you can engage with each other and open access resources.
Discussion Boards
Join the conversation and find discussion boards relevant to your interests.
Free Resources
Browse our extensive library of reading material, reports, & more.
Member Directory
Find and connect with others on the same mission as you.
Coming Soon: Adaptation for Everyone
We are working on website translations into multiple languages, as well as the guided Action Journey delivered via WhatsApp, coming soon. Join now to be the first to know when these features are available.
Our Leadership Partners
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