
Interim Report of International Committee on Sustainability
The interim report discusses the establishment of an international committee on sustainability within the cultural heritage sector. It addresses the urgent need to tackle global challenges and align responses with the 2030 Agenda, proposing potential solutions and exploring the concept of polycentricity. The report emphasizes the importance of engaging ICOM in sustainability efforts and coordinating actions for future conferences. It also delves into various aspects of sustainability, such as climate change, social sustainability, and maritime museums.
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The creation of an International committee on Sustainability Interim Report of the Working Group on Sustainability . Morien Rees. Paris 21.06.2019.
Factory quay Vads www.varangermuseum.no
Hares on Vads Island om du har kommentarer www.varangermuseum.no
WGS Activities Mapping exercise: Networks. Survey. Feedback from EB and Kyoto 2019. Operational Measures Social Media Literature Review www.varangermuseum.no
General Conference Kyoto 2019 Plenary Session Workshop Resolution Statement to the delegates www.varangermuseum.no
Final Report Appendix Introduction Mission statement Where we are within our field (survey results) How ICOM can engage in sustainability recommendations Outline of what sustainability is the SDGs, Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement, etc. Relevant documents and references from Section 4 - projects and programs that are currently going on in cultural heritage related to sustainability Various aspects of sustainability in relation to museums Climate change The Anthropocene Social sustainability Sustainability in relation to Maritime Museums . www.varangermuseum.no
Summing up preliminary thoughts around recommendations. The final report is the start of a journey. It is imperative for ICOM to address the unique and increasingly urgent nature of the challenge facing its membership and the global community. Is an IC the solution? Creation of a sustainability group within the ICOM secretariat? Aligning ICOM s future response to 2030 Agenda. Reporting in Alexandria 2022 & the general conferences in 2025 and 2028. Investigate polycentricity concept within ICOM; in relation to ICOM as a part of the global museum family; and in relation to the global approach to sustainability outside the museum sector. www.varangermuseum.no
Autumn in Pando. www.varangermuseum.no
Museums as rhizomes of memory. As nodes in a network, linked by common goals and practices, sustained by tradition. Each node a separate repository of memories. Each repository of memories nurtured by their public www.varangermuseum.no