September 12, 2018

California Historical Society678 Mission StreetSan Francisco, California

www.climateheritage.org#ClimateHeritage

Mobilizing the Cultural Heritage and HistoricPreservation Sectors for Climate Action

International Steering Committee

Julianne Polanco, Co-ChairCalifornia Office of Historic PreservationSacramento, California USA

Andrew Potts, JD, Co-ChairICOMOS Climate Change and Heritage Working GroupNixon Peabody LLPWashington, DC USA

Arq. Angélica AriasMetropolitan Institute of HeritageQuito, Ecuador

Yunus ArikanICLEI—Local Governments for SustainabilityBonn, Germany

Mark Thompson Brandt, OAA, RAIC, CAHP, LEED APZero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing & Historic BuildingsMTBA AssociatesOttawa, Ontario Canada

Andrea CarmenYaqui Nation; International Indian Treaty CouncilTucson, Arizona USA

Isabel C. Rivera-Collazo, PhDDepartment of Anthropology and Scripps Institution of OceanographyUniversity of California San DiegoSan Diego, California USA

Carl Elefante, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP O&M2018 President, American Institute of ArchitectsWashington, DC USA

Hannah Fluck, PhD, FSAHistoric EnglandLondon, United Kingdom

Victoria Herrmann, PhDThe Arctic InstituteThe Arctic

Dr. Ewan HyslopHistoric Environment Scotland/Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil AlbaEdinburgh, United KingdomAdam MarkhamUnion of Concerned ScientistsWashington, DC USA

Jordi PascualUnited Cities and Local Governments

Shipra Narang Suri, PhDUN—HabitatNairobi, Kenya

Anthony VeerkampNational Trust for Historic PreservationSan Francisco, California USA

California Host Committee Rebecca Allen, PhDPresident ElectSociety for California Archaeology

Mike BuhlerPresident & CEOSan Francisco Heritage

Tim Frye Historic Preservation Officer City & County of San Francisco Planning Department

Donna GravesPrincipalArts and Heritage Planning

Anthea M. Hartig, PhDExecutive DirectorCalifornia Historical Society

Cindy HeitzmanExecutive DirectorCalifornia Preservation Foundation

Marshall McKayChairman EmeritusYocha Dehe Wintun Nation

Mark PaezHistoric Preservation CoordinatorPort of San Francisco

Katherine Petrin

Anthony VeerkampVice President, Research and Policy LabNational Trust for Historic Preservation

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The Climate Heritage Mobilization @ Global Climate ActionSummit 2018 is a high-level side event organized under theauspices of the California Office of Historic Preservation, alongwith many national and international partners, in support of theGlobal Climate Action Summit. The event is devoted to the roleof cultural heritage and historic preservation—tangible andintangible—in Climate Action. Its aim is to highlight how heritageactors can help their communities achieve their climate targetsand the ambitions of the Paris Agreement with an emphasis onintegrated nature-culture approaches.

8:00 to 9:00 am Coffee and Registration

9:00 to 9:30 am Welcome: Anthea M. Hartig, PhD, California HistoricalSociety

Traditional Blessing

Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Ambition, Question 1:Where are we now? Where is the Heritage Sector nowon the path towards Climate Mobilization? Ms. Julianne Polanco, California State HistoricPreservation Officer

9:30 to 10:35 am Keynote Talks: Five Perspectives on the Intersection ofClimate Action and Cultural Heritage

Professor Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights

Kenneth Kimmell, Union of Concerned Scientists

Dr. Ewan Hyslop, Historic Environment Scotland

Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation; International IndianTreaty Council

James Grabert, United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change (UNFCCC)

10:35 to 10:50 am Networking Break

Moderator:Andrew Potts, JD;ICOMOS ClimateChange andHeritage WorkingGroup; NixonPeabody LLP

Talanoa is a traditional wordused in Fiji and the Pacific toreflect a process of inclusive,participatory and transparentdialogue. Its purpose is to sharestories and build empathy inorder to make wise decisions forthe collective good. The Talanoaprocess involves sharing ideas,skills and experience throughstorytelling. The United Nation’sTalanoa Dialogue for ClimateAmbition introduced theTalanoa concept to the globalclimate change conversation.The goal is to create an inclusiveand positive atmosphere forexchanging experiences andideas in support of the globaleffort to increase ambition toachieve the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. TheDialogues are structured aroundthree general topics: (i) Whereare we?; (ii) Where do we wantto go?; and (iii) How do we get there?

PROGRAM Wednesday, September 12, 2018

10:50 am–12:20 pm Carbon Mitigation and Cultural Heritage: HistoricPreservation Policies & Practices to Get CommunitiesMoving to Net Zero

Welcome: Carl Elefante, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP O&M;American Institute of Architects

Opening Remarks: Daniel A. Zarrilli, PE; City of New York

“Building a Low Carbon Future in a World Heritage City,”Mercedes Cardenas, Instituto Metropolitano dePatrimonio de la municipalidad de Quito

“Boston Resilience On the Move,”Jean Carroon, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Goody ClancyArchitects, Boston

“The Wisdom of Recycling Communities,”Mark Thompson Brandt

12:20–12:35 pm Travel to Fang Restaurant, 660 Howard Street @ 3rdStreet, San Francisco, CA (5 minute walk)

12:35–1:40 pm Lunch, Fang Restaurant

Lunch Program1:00–1:30 pm Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Ambition, Question 2:

Where do we want to go? Where do we want theheritage sector to go in terms of climate action?California Host Committee members

1:40–2:00 pm Return travel to California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco (5 minute walk)

2:00-3:15 pm Heritage as a Vector for Climate Action, Justice and Research

“Raising Climate Ambition through Cultural HeritageProgramming,” Alison Tickell, Julies Bicycle

“La Soberanía Alimentaria y los pueblos indígenas en elComité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (Foodsovereignty and indigenous peoples in the Committeeon World Food Security),” Saúl Vicente Vásquez; Unidad de la Fuerza Indígena y Campesina (UFIC);Former Municipal President, Juchitán de Zaragoza,Oaxaca (Mexico), Comité de Coordinación delMecanismo de la Sociedad Civil para el Comité deSeguridad Alimentaria Mundial and the FAO

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Throughout the Day

Poster Presentation/Information Booths for:

Rising Tides: A new onlinematchmaking platform thatconnects pro bono culture andheritage experts with climate-affected communities. Contact:Victoria Herrmann, PhD, Arctic Institute

CyArk: CyArk is nonprofitorganization working withpartners like ICOMOS and Google to create a digital archiveof the world’s heritage sites forpreservation and education. It has a new initiative to documentssites at risk to climate impacts.Contact: Ms. Elizabeth Lee, CyArk

We’re Still In for CulturalInstitutions. We’re Still In is anetwork of local leaderssupporting climate action in theUnited States. It has recentlylaunched a cultural institutionssector for museums and othersthat support the values of the Paris Agreement. Contact: Sarah Sutton, LEED-AP,Sustainable Museums

Moderator:Mark ThompsonBrandt, OAA, RAIC,CAHP, LEED AP; Zero Net CarbonCollaboration forExisting & HistoricBuildings; MTBAAssociates

Moderator:Isabel C. Rivera-Collazo, PhD,Department ofAnthropology andScripps Institution of Oceanography

“Cultural Competency and Capacity Building inAdaptation and Resilience Mobilization,” Queen Quet, Gullah/Geechee Nation

“Partnering for Climate Action: Climate Science andHeritage Professionals,” Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Union ofConcerned Scientists

3:15-4:15 pm Guiding Climate Adaptation: The Role of CulturalResources in Enhancing Adaptive Capacity,Strengthening Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability

“Building the Heritage Chapter of Ireland’s NationalAdaptation Framework,” Jacqui Donnelly, Departmentof Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Government of Ireland

“Leveraging the Culture Dimensions of Ecosystem-based Approaches (EbA) to Climate Change Adaption,”Oscar J. Guevara, WWF-Colombia

“Incorporating Heritage Values into Municipal ClimateAction and Adaptation Planning,” Shanon Shea Miller,AICP, and Douglas Melnick, ISSP-SA, CNU-A; City ofSan Antonio, Texas

4:15-4:30 pm Networking Break

4:30 pm Closing Program: Talanoa Dialogue for ClimateAmbition, Question 3: How do we get there? How dowe mobilize culture and heritage to help communitiesachieve their jurisdiction’s climate action goals?

4:30–5:20 pm International Roundtable

The Honorable Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor, Chefchaouen,Morocco

The Honorable Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador

Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, United Cities and LocalGovernments

Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy,ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability WorldSecretariat (Germany)

The Honorable Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minster forEnergy, Connectivity and the Islands, Government of Scotland

Martino Otto, UN Environmental Program

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Moderator: Hannah Fluck, PhD, FSA, Historic England

Social MediaThe key hashtags we areusing are #ClimateHeritage#GCAS2018#Talanoa4Ambition#StepUp2018. Our twitter feed is@ClimateHeritage. En español:@PatrimonioClima and#PatrimonioClimático.

Paperless Conference Paper copies ofpresentations andhandouts will not beprovided at the ClimateHeritage Mobilization inkeeping with the GlobalClimate Action Summitsustainability goals. All materials are beingloaded onto the eventwebpage whereparticipants and thepublic will have access.Please visitwww.climateheritage.orgto find presentations and materials.

5:20–6:10 pm California Task Force Panel

Marshall McKay, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

Anthony Veerkamp, National Trust for HistoricPreservation

Leslie L. Hartzell, PhD, California State Parks

Jay Chamberlin, California State Parks

Julianne Polanco

6:10–6:30 pm Closing ConversationHow do we Get There: Next Steps for Heritage ActorsWho Want to Help Communities Achieve Their ClimateTargets, Robert Kehew, United Nations HumanSettlements Programme (UN–Habitat)

6:30 pm End of Program

7:00–9:30 pm Global Change; World’s Heritage; a Celebration ofCultural Actors for Climate Action.

Join us for the closing party of the Climate HeritageMobilization at the Old U.S. Mint, a National HistoricLandmark, 88 Fifth Street (at the corner of MissionStreet) in downtown San Francisco). We’ll be joined bycolleagues from other fields for a celebration of culturalactors from around the world and around the cornertaking action for climate change. The Party is alreadyincluded in the registration for participants in theClimate Heritage Mobilization. Guest passes may bepurchased for $25 online: www.eventbrite.com/e/global-change-worlds-heritage-a-celebration-of-cultural-actors-for-climate-action-tickets-49701358100.Tours of the Old Mint will be offered throughout the evening.

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Time for ActionThe Mobilization willsupport California’sambitious new CulturalResources Climate ChangeTask Force that will help setthe standard for climateplanning by city andregional heritageauthorities. The Mobilizationwill also witness the launchof a new internationalClimate Heritage Network, a mutual support network of city, state/provincial,regional and tribal historicpreservation offices(together with relatedNGOs, universities andother organizations)committed to aid theirjurisdictions in tacklingclimate change andachieving the ambitions of the Paris Agreement. To keep informed on next steps, sign up athttp://climateheritage.org/climate-heritage-network.

Moderator: Julianne Polanco,California StateHistoric PreservationOfficer

Yunus Arikan, Head ofGlobal Policy and

Advocacy, ICLEI-LocalGovernments for SustainabilityWorld Secretariat (Germany) Twitter: @ICLEI_advocacy

Professor KarimaBennoune, UN Special

Rapporteur in the Field ofCultural Rights; Professor ofinternational law at theUniversity of California–DavisSchool of Law. (USA) Twitter:@UNSRCulture

Mark ThompsonBrandt, OAA, RAIC,

CAHP, LEED AP, AIA Int’lAssoc., APT; Zero Net CarbonCollaboration for Existing &Historic Buildings; SeniorConservation Architect &Urbanist, MTBA Associates(Canada) Twitter: @mtbarch@APT_Intl_Conf

Mercedes Cardenas,Specialist of the

Sustainable Development Planfor the Historic Center ofQuito, Metropolitan Heritageinstitute (Quito, Ecuador)Twitter: @PatrimonioQuito

Andrea Carmen, YaquiNation; Executive

Director, International IndianTreaty Council (USA) Twitter:@treatycouncil

Jean Carroon, FAIA, LEEDFellow, Goody ClancyArchitects, Boston (USA)Twitter: @jcarroon

Jay Chamberlin, NaturalResources Chief, CaliforniaState Parks (USA) Twitter:@CAStateParks

Jacqui Donnelly, SeniorArchitect, Department

of Culture, Heritage & theGaeltacht, Government ofIreland (Ireland) Twitter:@DeptAHG

Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel,Senior Climate

Scientist, Director of ClimateScience, Union of ConcernedScientists (USA) Twitter:@BrendaEkwurzel @UCSUSA

Carl Elefante, FAIA,FAPT, LEED AP O&M;

2018 President, AmericanInstitute of Architects (USA)Twitter: @Elefante_Carl@AIANational

James Grabert,Director, Sustainable

Development Mechanisms /Lead, Global Climate Action,UN Framework Convention onClimate Change; (Germany)Twitter: @unfccc

Hannah Fluck, PhD,FSA, Head of

Environmental Research,Strategic Research andPartnerships Team, StrategicPlanning and ManagementDepartment, Historic England(UK) Twitter: @HannahFluck

Oscar J. Guevara,Climate Change

Adaptation Specialist, WWF-Colombia (Colombia) Twitter:@OscarJGuevara@WWFColombia

Anthea M. Hartig, PhD,Execuve Director,

California Historical Society(USA) Twitter:@CAHistoricalSociety

Victoria Herrmann,PhD, President &

Managing Director, The ArcticInstitute, Center forCircumpolar Security Studies(USA) Twitter: @VSHerrmann

Dr. Ewan Hyslop, Headof Technical Research &

Science, Historic EnvironmentScotland | ÀrainneachdEachdraidheil Alba (UK)Twitter: @ewan_hyslop@HistEnvScot

Robert Kehew, UnitLeader For Climate

Change, Planning Unit, United

Nations Human SettlementsProgramme (UN-Habitat)(Kenya) Twitter: @UNHABITAT

Kenneth Kimmell,President, Union of

Concerned Scientists (USA)Twitter: @kenkimmell @ucsusa

Leslie L. Hartzell, PhD,Cultural Resources

Division Chief, DepartmentPreservation Officer and TribalLiaison, California State Parks(USA) Twitter: @CAStateParks

Elizabeth Lee, VicePresident for Programs

and Development, CyArk(USA) Twitter: @IamLizLee@CyArk

Marshall McKay,Chairman Emeritus,

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation(USA)

Douglas Melnick, ISSP-SA, CNU-A, Chief

Sustainability Officer, City ofSan Antonio, Texas (USA)Twitter: @COSAsustainable

Shanon Shea Miller,AICP, Director, Historic

Preservation Office, City of SanAntonio, Texas (USA) Twitter:@shanonshea @sapreservation

Martina Otto, Head of Cities Unit, UN

Environmental Program

Julianne Polanco, StateHistoric Preservation

Officer, California Office ofHistoric Preservation (USA)Twitter: @calshpo

Andrew S. Potts, JD,Partner, Nixon Peabody

LLP; Coordinator, ICOMOSWorking Group on ClimateChange and Heritage (USA)Twitter: @AndrewSPotts@NixonPeabodyLLP@ICOMOS

Queen Quet, Chieftessof the Gullah/Geechee

Nation (USA) Twitter:@GullahGeechee

Isabel C. Rivera-Collazo, PhD,

Department of Anthropologyand Scripps Institution ofOceanography (USA) Twitter:@iriveracollazo@scripps_climate

The Honorable MauricioRodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador(Ecuador) Twitter:@MauricioRodasEC

Emilia Saiz, Secretary General,United Cities and LocalGovernments (Spain) Twitter:@UCLG_Saiz

The HonorableMohamed Sefiani,

Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco(Morocco) Twitter:@SEFIANIMohamed1

Sarah Sutton, LEED-AP,Sustainable Museums (USA)Twitter: @greenmuseum

Alison Tickell, Founderand CEO, Julies Bicycle

(UK) Twitter: @JB_Alison;@JuliesBicycle

Saúl Vicente Vásquez;Unidad de la Fuerza

Indígena y Campesina (UFIC);Former Municipal President,Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca(Mexico), Comité deCoordinación del Mecanismode la Sociedad Civil para elComité de SeguridadAlimentaria Mundial and theFAO (Mexico)

Anthony Veerkamp,Vice President,

Research and Policy Lab,National Trust for HistoricPreservation (USA) Twitter:@savingplaces

Daniel A. Zarrilli, PE,Senior Director,

Climate Policy and Programsand Chief Resilience Officer,City of New York (USA) Twitter:@dzarrilli

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