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Hear from Dr. Salma Sabour
2026 is a busy year for the climate heritage community. Our team and partners are tracking the following events. We hope to see you there! If there are additional events that you think should be added to this list, please email media@heritageadapts.org.
March
March 5: ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group Webinar - Online
March 7 - 9: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on World Heritage Cities and Climate Action - Kyoto, Japan
March 12 - 18: SXSW Cities & Climate - Austin, TX, USA
March 19 - 20: Shadhona and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ‘User Engagement Fair’
March 19 - 28: DC Environmental Film Festival - Washington, DC, USA
March 30 - April 1: ChangeNow Conference - Paris, France
April
April 12 - 16: 14th Terra World Congress on Earthen Architecture - Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
April 15 - 17: Decay Without Mourning: Future Thinking Heritage Practices - Stellenbosch, South Africa
April 18: International Day of Monuments and Sites - Online
April 18 - 26: SF Climate Week - San Francisco, USA
April 20- 26: DC Climate Week - Washington, DC, USA
April 21 - 25: UNFCCC Climate Week 1 - Yeosu, the Republic of Korea
April 29 - 30: Indigenous Connections Summit - Golden, CO, USA
May
May 5: African World Heritage Day
May 11 - 15: UN Forum on Forests 21st Session - NYC, NY, USA
May 12 - 14: National Adaptation Forum - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
May 17 - 22: World Urban Forum - Baku, Azerbaijan
May 20 - 23: American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo - Philadelphia, PA, USA
May 26 - 30: European Cultural Heritage Summit - Nicosia, Cyprus
June
June 4: Petra National Trust Heritage Award Ceremony - Aman, Jordan
June 8 - 18: SB64 - Bonn, Belgium
June 9 - 13: The Festival of the New European Bauhaus - Brussels, Belgium
June 17 - 18: UNESCO 11th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Paris, France
June 20 - 28: London Climate Action Week - London, UK
June 29 - 30: Hamburg Sustainability Conference - Hamburg, Germany
July
July 7 - 15: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) - NYC, NY, USA
July 16 - 23: UNESCO 8th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum - Busan, Republic of Korea
August
August 10 - 13: IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) - Busan, Republic of Korea
August 19 - 22: Latinos in Heritage Conservation's Congreso Leadership Summit - Chicago, IL, USA
September
September 7 - 11: UNFCCC Climate Week 2 - Baku, Azerbaijan
September 16: Museum Ideas - London, UK
September 20- 27: New York Climate Week - NYC, NY, USA
September 22 - 24: Adaptation Canda - Toronto, Canada
October
October 17 - 24: ICOMOS General Assembly - Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Malaysia
October 19 - 30: 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 17) - Yerevan, Armenia
November
November 9 - 20: COP31 - Antalya, Türkiye
November 11 - 13: Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies - Vienna, Austria
December
