Increasingly, the world cannot afford divergent ‘sustainable development’ and ‘climate action’ agendas, but must be fully integrated. In line with Culture 21 Actions (which includes a dedicated Commitment to ‘cultural factors as accelerators in environmental responsibility’), the UCLG Committee on Culture promoted a report on ‘The role of culture in climate resilient development’.
The report ‘The role of culture in climate-resilient development’ aims to document initiatives of cities and local and regional governments around the world related to cultural policies, sustainable cities and climate-resilient development. It includes a diverse range of case studies from all continents related to all the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda (SDGs). This document received contributions until July 2021.
This report was commissioned by the UCLG Committee on Culture in collaboration with the Climate Heritage Network (Working Group 5). It was coordinated by Andrew Potts (Climate Heritage Network - CHN) and the Secretariat of the UCLG Committee on Culture.
A draft of the report was presented on 9 September 2021 during the UCLG Culture Summit in Izmir and virtually, on the occasion of the parallel session "Culture and the Climate Emergency. Local experiences towards COP26". The final version of the report was published on 5 November 2021.
