TY - JOUR
T1 - Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages
AU - Clarke, Joanne
AU - Haour, Anne
AU - Morel, Hana
AU - Forster, Johanna
AU - Orlove, Ben
AU - Holtorf, Cornelius
AU - Hutcheson, Andy
AU - Aryee Adinorkuor, Victoria
AU - Brunnschweiler, Christa
AU - Brooks, Nick
AU - Wade, Sarah
AU - Wellington, Nii-Adziri
AU - Appeaning Addo, Kwasi
AU - P. Simpson, Nicholas
PY - 2025/1/23
Y1 - 2025/1/23
N2 - Heritage conservation recognizes that losses and damages cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations; even when what is valued is gone. The heritage principle of curating transformation can advance climate action through pragmatic and participatory management of losses and damages, offering lessons for climate change adaptation and giving people agency over what is lost.
AB - Heritage conservation recognizes that losses and damages cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations; even when what is valued is gone. The heritage principle of curating transformation can advance climate action through pragmatic and participatory management of losses and damages, offering lessons for climate change adaptation and giving people agency over what is lost.
U2 - 10.1038/s44168-025-00210-z
DO - 10.1038/s44168-025-00210-z
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2731-9814
VL - 4
JO - npj Climate Action
JF - npj Climate Action
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -