Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Protecting our Past and Future

Cultural heritage is our link to the past - the stories, traditions, and places we have inherited from previous generations that shape who we are today. 

In this episode, host Christine Wilson and Dr Scott Orr, a data scientist at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, examine how climate change threatens much of this heritage around the world. We also visit Uganda where Barbra Babweteera Mutambi, Director of the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda, is working to preserve ancient sites and support communities affected by climate change.

But could cultural heritage also be part of the solution in the fight against climate change? Tune in to discover how we can all play a role in protecting our past to safeguard our future.

Dive deeper:

British Council Strategic Literature Review: Climate Change Impacts on Cultural Heritage - https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-insight/british-council-strategic-literature-review-climate-change-impacts-cultural

Watch this video about the Bakonzo community and Barbra’s project in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAz2ZGI-R6U

Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Action report by the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda - https://tinyurl.com/3fbmhs2u 

Learn more about the British Council Cultural Protection Fund - https://cultural-protection-fund.britishcouncil.org/about

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