Cultural Heritage & Climate Change: Disaster Planning, Adaptation, and Resilience

From December 6–10, 2021, the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and the Heritage Emergency National Task Force presented Virtual HEART Week. HEART – Heritage Emergency and Response Training. Cultural institutions around the world are affected by climate change. Sites of all sizes to prepare and plan to respond to impacts such as inundation from surface and coastal waters and wind-driven storm events, and increased threat of heat stress and wildfires. Taking the first step can be daunting but responses can be integrated into everyday work and can learn from institutions already developing their plans.