{"id":31490,"date":"2021-10-22T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31490"},"modified":"2021-10-22T17:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:00:20","slug":"new-report-highlights-uk-heritage-bodies-pioneering-response-to-climate-change-ahead-of-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31490","title":{"rendered":"New report highlights UK heritage bodies\u2019 pioneering response to climate change ahead of COP26"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The UK heritage sector is united in its pioneering response to climate change, according to Heritage Responds<\/em>, a new report launched this week by heritage coalition the Historic Environment Forum charting how heritage organisations are taking positive action.<\/h3>\n
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\u2026 What Heritage Responds clearly demonstrates is the proactive work of so many organisations across the heritage sector to find solutions\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The HEF writes (summarised):<\/p>\n

The report brings together the expertise of 26 of the country\u2019s leading heritage organisations – including English Heritage, Historic England and the National Trust – ahead of COP26 in Glasgow to highlight examples of how through revolutionary research, carbon reduction and maximising the potential of the historic environment, the heritage sector is making a major contribution to the response to climate change.<\/p>\n

Rob Woodside, Chair of the Historic Environment Forum\u2019s COP26 Task Group and English Heritage Estates Director said: \u2018Heritage organisations are pioneering the sector\u2019s response to climate change. Ahead of COP26, we wanted to share our experience of our sustainable response to the greatest challenge of our time. The case studies we have highlighted show not only how heritage organisations are responding to the impact of climate change, but also how we can be part of the solution.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018What Heritage Responds clearly demonstrates is the proactive work of so many organisations across the heritage sector to find solutions \u2013 leading on ground-breaking research, innovating on approaches to adaptation, harnessing the use of technology, retro-fitting historic buildings and reducing carbon emissions by retaining and reusing existing buildings. We are working across sectors to bring approaches to nature and culture closer together to help manage the green lungs in our cities and adapt to new environmental challenges. We\u2019re also forging new skills to help maintain and adapt historic buildings. This isn\u2019t about protecting the past but using heritage to find solutions for the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

The work is the culmination of six months of collaboration by the members of the Historic Environment Forum and showcases how the sector is responding to climate change, including investment in traditional low-carbon building adaptation techniques, nature-based solutions to mitigate future impacts, and renewed efforts to increase the lifespan of heritage assets and save the embodied carbon which might otherwise be sacrificed in demolition, new construction, or poor upkeep.<\/p>\n

The case studies within the report highlight some of the UK\u2019s leading projects to introduce sustainable solutions in the historic environment, including:<\/p>\n