On 12 April, Europa Nostra contributed to an important webinar on climate change and culture organised by the Italian Presidency of the G20, the premier forum for international economic cooperation. The webinar “Addressing the Climate Crisis through Culture” was part of a series of three multi-stakeholders thematic webinars organised by the Italian Presidency ahead of the G20 Culture Ministerial meeting that will take place on 29-30 July 2021 in Rome. Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra, spoke on this key topic, focusing on Europa Nostra’s actions and ambitions with regard to climate action. She briefly presented the recently published European Cultural Heritage Green Paper “Putting Europe’s shared heritage at the heart of the European Green Deal”, produced by Europa Nostra in close collaboration with ICOMOS and the Climate Heritage Network, with the input of other members of the European Heritage Alliance, and with the support of the European Investment Bank Institute and the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

The webinar “Addressing the Climate Crisis through Culture” tackled the complexities and challenges associated with climate change, culture and cultural heritage. Climate change represents one of the greatest threats facing culture and cultural heritage, but culture and heritage are also vital resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The webinar was sub-divided in three different sessions and gathered over 20 high-level speakers representing local, national and international organisations, academia and civil society, as well as more than 10 concrete case studies related to climate, heritage and culture.

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