Theme:
2. Net Zero Archaeologies – Sustainability in the Past, Present and Future
Session format:
Round table (without formal abstracts, only list of confirmed discussants / session co-organisers to be provided)
Title:
EAA Community for Climate Change and Heritage (CCH) Roundtable
Content:
How do we meet the changes in heritage preservation caused by climate change? On the path towards a net zero emission society, we need interdisciplinary research on responses of previous societies to environmental change to help us develop resilience, mitigation, and adaptation strategies for sustainable cultural heritage management. We have as background the statements on climate change and heritage released by the EAA 2021 (https://www.e-a-a.org/2021Statement), SACC 2021 (https://www.jma.uni-kiel.de/en/research-projects/sacc/sacc-statement-2021.pdf ), and the SAA 2022 (Microsoft Word - SAA Statement on Climate Change and Cultural Heritage (windows.net)), which all point to different important aspects on how archaeology and archaeologists can contribute. We also look at recent research on green transition impacts on heritage preservation.
This seventh roundtable organized by the EAA Community for Climate Change and Heritage (CCH) builds on the success of the previous ones and hopes to focus further on: (1) globalisation, (2) adaptation, (3) sustainability, and (4) resilience.
We are inviting representatives of key archaeology associations as well as specialists in climate change and heritage research as a sounding board for the CCH activities. The roundtable session will provide an update on the work done in and by the community since the previous meeting and discuss next steps for the Community to grow and extend its network and activities to help adapt to a global climate crisis, find good solutions for adaptation and mitigation, and thus increase heritage and societal resilience.
Keywords:
Heritage, Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation, Resilience, Sustainability
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
CCH
Main organiser:
Vibeke Martens (Norway) 1
Co-organisers:
Peter Biehl (United States) 2
Mairi Davies (United Kingdom) 3
Affiliations:
1. NIKU - Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
2. University of California, Santa Cruz
3. Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
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