Heritage Adapts!

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Climate change is an urgent threat to heritage sites and cultural practices worldwide. With the super El Niño impacts already being felt, the time is now to prioritize adaptation. Join culture and heritage professionals and organizations from the Heritage Adapts! global coalition to learn how you can take action to safeguard your heritage, with the support of free training, tools, and a global community. Stay for the Culture & Heritage @ Climate Week NYC Reception immediately after to meet others from the New York City area and around the world who are on the same mission. We adapt better together!

Welcome - Lisa Kersavage, Chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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Moderator - Julianne Polanco, Preserving Legacies Senior Advisor
Panelist - Lucio Usobiaga, Heritage Adapts! Steward and Cultivating Resilience Partner for the Chinampas of Xochimilco, Mexico City and Founder of Arca Tierra, Iniciativa Agroecológica Xochimilco, and Baldio (Mexico City’s first Michelin green star restaurant!)
Panelist - Dr. A. Ege Yildirim, Heritage Adapts! Türkiye Steward & "Culture at COP31" Coordinator
Panelist - Stephen Martin, Founder and Board President, Friends of the Ruin, Roosevelt Island, NYC
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Keynote - Dr. Victoria Herrmann, Preserving Legacies Executive Director & National Geographic Explorer

​Remarks - Ian Miller, Chief Science & Innovation Officer at National Geographic Society
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