Our expertise and issue areas

  • Climate impacts on cultural & natural heritage

    We bring deep knowledge and expert networks in climate science, tangible & intangible cultural heritage, biodiversity conservation & site management in the face of climate change.

  • World Heritage & climate

    We are thought leaders & pioneers in understanding, addressing & communicating the implications of climate threats to World Heritage properties, including through implementation of World Heritage climate policy, & site management responses.

  • Public speaking & strategic communications

    We are available to speak about all aspects of cultural heritage in a changing climate. Presentations have included UNESCO, IPCC, New Jersey Preservation Fund, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, the Sorbonne, ICCROM, ICAHM & WHITRAP.

  • Climate vulnerability assessment

    We contribute to organizing, undertaking & reviewing climate vulnerability assessments of natural & cultural sites, including through facilitating community participation.

  • Convening experts

    We can organize & contribute to expert convenings & workshops to address issues such as climate impacts, resilience strategies, & non-economic loss & damage.  We also can plan expert site visits & field-based workshops.

  • Indigenous Knowledge inclusion

    We work to support the ethical inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in parallel with Western science in climate response & resilience strategies, & its full recognition in climate forums including the World Heritage Committee, the IPCC & the UNFCCC.

  • Research & writing

    We lead & contribute to research & writing projects focusing on heritage impacts & responses to climate change. We have a track-record of producing everything from public fact-sheets & blogs, to technical reports & peer-reviewed articles, including for UNESCO, UNEP, IUCN & ICOMOS.

  • Non-economic loss & damage (NELD)

    We are actively involved in international efforts to better understand & account for non-economic loss & damage associated with tangible & intangible cultural heritage, including in the Global South.

  • Project planning & development

    We bring inter-disciplinary teams & partners together to lead & coordinate climate & heritage projects from conception to implementation.