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‘The context of our work is the world’ Bob Janes. Henry McGhie, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Global risks 2018 (World Economic Forum).
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‘The context of our work is the world’Bob Janes Henry McGhie, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
“Article 12: Parties shall cooperate in taking measures, as appropriate, to enhance climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information, recognizing the importance of these steps with respect to enhancing actions under this Agreement.” Paris Climate Agreement (2015)
Climate change and museums • November 2017- Science Centre World Summit (Tokyo), ‘connecting the world for a sustainable future’ agrees Tokyo Protocol • April 2018- climate change and museums conference in Manchester, with UNFCCC, IPCC • May 2018- workshop at United Nations (Bonn) on public awareness around climate change action, ‘museums’ get included in the formal advice to negotiators as potential sites for mass engagement.
“we don’t do these things because they are easy, but because they are hard”
Networks and updates: • Museums and Climate Change Network • Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice • Sustainable Development Solutions Network • SDG Digest daily updates Universities and the SDGs Getting Started With the SDGs
Interested in museums and the SDGs, and/or climate action? Please get in touch! henry.mcghie@manchester.ac.uk