Climate change is an existential threat to museums, galleries, heritage sites, intangible Indigenous cultural heritage, and the entire arts sector.
In July, the South Korean government confirmed that 47 national treasures, one cultural heritage site, seven natural monuments, and 20 historic sites were damaged by flooding and landslides caused by an unprecedented monsoon season.
Closer to home, the memories of wildfires that destroyed the village of Lytton and two museums are still fresh in our minds as British Columbia is in the middle of yet another summer of unprecedented fires. At the same time, even if arts, culture, and heritage organizations are not under imminent threat, climate emergencies are having severe economic consequences in rural communities around the province.
With winters becoming more extreme and events like the 2021 atmospheric river making the fall more unpredictable, the window to safely plan events — or recover from a disaster — is becoming more and more narrow. Intangible objects and landscapes that have been cared for and protected for hundreds, in some cases thousands, of years can be destroyed in the blink of an eye and due to climate change, this risk increases every year.
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