SPECIAL FILE : Climate change and sustainable development as it relates to culture, heritage and landscape
SPECIAL FILE on Climate change and sustainable development as it relates to culture, heritage and landscape
At its meeting in April 2019, the Bureau of the CDCPP - STEERING COMMITTEE FOR CULTURE, HERITAGE AND LANDSCAPE of the Council of EUrope discussed ideas for reviewing working methods to further enhance the CDCPP’s work, in view of its role as a pan-European intergovernmental structure with responsibility for unique culture/heritage/landscape Conventions. In addition to discussing progress reports on ongoing activities, Bureau members were interested in holding thematic sessions on topical societal issues during the annual plenary Committee meetings and agreed to participate actively in the preparation and running of such events.
The session outlined the societal challenges and link culture,heritage and landscape activities to it, with special highlights (eg Strategy 21, landscape, culture). It would also stimulate member States to present their own experiences on how they are addressing the climate change challenges and/or contributing to sustainable development in relation to human rights and democracy, and further on highlight how CoE standards, soft standards, tools could be of help. Lastly, the session may identify a possible new transversal focus for CDCPP activities,with potential links to other relevant activities inside or outside the Council of Europe.
Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Montenegro, the Netherlands and Norway provided contributions on this matter.
Contributions by countries
- Contribution by Austria: Cultural Heritage: Climate Change and Sustainable Development goals - prepared by Ana Steiner
- Contribution by Croatia: Climate Change - The Impact on Cultural Heritage - prepared by Mirna Sabljak
- Contribution by Estonia related to natural landscape and urban resilience - prepared by Liina Jänes
- Contribution by Finland: Climate Change and Sustainable development thematic debate - prepared by Ulla Salmela
- Contribution by Hungary: Cultural Heritage: Climate Change and Sustainable Development goals - prepared by Krisztina Kincses
- Contribution by Montenegro - Implementaion of European Lansdcape Convention CoE in Montenegro, Coastal area Spatial plan - prepared by Sanja Ljeskovic Mitrovic
- Contribution by the Netherlands: Climate Change and Sustainable development - prepared by Flora van Regteren Altena
- Contribution by Norway: Climate Change and Sustainable development - prepared by Terje Birkrem Hovland
Other contributions:
- Contribution by IFLA Working Group on Climate Change
- presented by IFLA Europe Honorary Member and CoE Working Group member Michael Oldham (following the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change October 2018
- - Recommendation
CM/Rec(2018)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on cultural heritage facing climate change: increasing resilience and Protecting Cultural Landscapes as Prevention of Natural Disasters”, promoting adaptation (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 March 2018 at the 1309th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
- Report on the International Conference on ‘Culture Against Disasters Protecting Cultural Landscapes as Prevention of Natural Disasters, 28-29 September 2018 Ravello, Italy
- ICOMOS
- RESOLUTION 19GA 2017/30 - Mobilizing ICOMOS and the Cultural Heritage Community To Help Meet the Challenge of Climate Change
- Mobilizing Cultural Heritage for Climate Action - by Andrew Potts, Coordinator, Climate Change and Heritage Working Group
- Climate Heritage Network Global Launch - Edinburgh, 24th to Friday 25th October 2019
- UNITED NATIONS - Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
To see full contributions please visit https://rm.coe.int/cdcpp-2019-thematic-session-on-climate-change-and-sustainable-developm/168094b810
