Sea Change
Sea Change. Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Heritage 2019
Important Dates
About Sea Change
World Monuments Fund Britain and its partners are jointly hosting a conference on coastal heritage and climate change which will take place in Blackpool, UK, from the 4th to the 6th September 2019. The programme is varied and with speakers from 13 countries gives a real insight into what's happening on the international stage, but it also balances this with a series of practical and pragmatic presentations on the problems facing the UK and how the lead agencies and UK practitioners are framing actions for the future.
Topics
Climate change adaption, Climate change effects, Energy and climate change, Population and climate change, Climate impacts, Climate chnageCall for Papers
The call for papers in now closed but registration remains open until 15th August 2019.
There is a significant body of research which considers the impacts of climate change oncoastal geomorphology and marine environments. However, there is not enough research on the impact of climate change, specifically sea-level rise, increased intensity of extreme weather events, and changes in humidity levels, on cultural heritage assets.
Despite a growing awareness of the wider impacts of climate change beyond rising sea levels and coastal erosion, there remains a disturbing lack of engagement regarding the impacts of climate change on heritage assets by governments, practitioners, and academics.
This has translated in some cases into confusion over the best way to deal with the challenges and how agencies should work together to secure the future of vulnerable coastal heritage. As the effects of climate change speed up, exceeding all previous predictions, greater pressure needs to be applied to all government agencies to consider cultural heritage as part of national policy and strategic thinking on Climate Change.
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