Culture bearers, stewards, librarians, archivists, and museum professionals play a vital role in preserving history, memory, and culture for local and regional communities. The impacts of climate change make preserving cultural heritage more challenging for the heritage and arts sectors. Assessing risk and long-term effects based on data, as well as cross-sector network building, is critical to strengthening community resilience at both the local and regional levels. Participants in this workshop will learn how to use online tools to interpret climate data at the local and regional level to understand the risks for long-term impacts of climate change. Participants will also learn how to gain situational awareness at the local and state levels by identifying climate-related planning and policy documents created by governmental entities. With climate data and knowledge of existing plans and policies, participants should feel more confident in understanding community resilience and how to tap into support networks and identify those concerned and experienced in addressing climate change.
