Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK

Brookes, Edward; McDonagh, Briony; Wagner, Corinna; Ashton, Jenna; Harvey-Fishenden, Alice; Kennedy-Asser, Alan; Macdonald, Neil; Smith, Kate

Abstract

• This chapter shares insights from five arts and humanities-led UK Climate Resilience Programme (UKCR) projects, presenting key learnings and pathways for future research and policy interventions. • We highlight the significant potential of place-based arts and human-ities approaches for working with and engaging communities in building climate resilience and driving climate action. • We underline the importance of generating genuine two-way dialogue, knowledge exchange and co-creation between academics, practitioners, and community members. • We point to the importance of robustly and reflexively assessing the effectiveness of arts and humanities-led engagement. • We argue that working collectively to develop more integrated climate and arts/cultural policy is imperative for supporting future long-term climate resilience.

Citation

Brookes, E., McDonagh, B., Wagner, C., Ashton, J., Harvey-Fishenden, A., Kennedy-Asser, A., Macdonald, N., & Smith, K. (2023). Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK. In S. Dessai, K. Lonsdale, J. Lowe, & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK (75-89). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39729-5_6

• Online Publication Date: Oct 31, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 22, 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 14, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 3, 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 75-89
• Book Title: Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK
• Chapter Number: 6
• ISBN: 9783031397288
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39729-5_6
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4387900
• Contract Date: Oct 17, 2022