Too often overlooked in climate change discussions are the world’s arts and cultural heritage sites. Their protection requires a strengthening of efforts to address climate change and a renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization goals. To that end, in April Carleton University signed an MOU with the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) to commit to these goals with an emphasis on arts, culture and heritage.
SICS’ Sustainable Heritage Conservation Prof. Susan Ross and Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering Prof. Mario Santana are the leads for this multidisciplinary initiative. It builds on many existing links between heritage and conservation programs in Carleton’s School of Canadian Studies (SCS), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism — where both Ross and Santana are cross-appointed.
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