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THE NORWEGI AN DIREC TOR ATE FOR CULT UR AL HERITAGE
GOAL 5 Prevent and reduce climaterelated loss of and damage to cultural environments Loss of, or damage to cultural environments resulting from climate-related impacts occur either over time or due to sudden onset events. This is not new, but climate change is leading to less predictability, causing events and damage to develop faster, occur more frequently, and to have greater impact. With a changing climate, greater efforts are needed to protect cultural-historical values. This will require more resources and challenge how we prioritise in the future. Follow-up from the cultural environment management, public sector and private actors with responsibility for cultural environments will be vital in dealing with the problems we face.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 5.1 Strengthen the maintenance of cultural environments to prevent climate-related damage
Good maintenance is the best way to secure the cultural-historical values of cultural environments. It is also often the most economic measure because reparation after damage is more costly than maintenance to prevent damage. Using the Sustainable Development Goals as a guide, society must protect the resources that cultural environments represent. To reduce loss and make cultural environments more climate resilient, the cultural environment management, public sector and private actors with responsibility for cultural environments need to strengthen maintenance practices. Museums that manage buildings and constructions with cultural-historical value, along with private owners of cultural environments, are particularly important in this context. Public management must support this work through guidance, access to craftsmanship and a flexible and solution-oriented management practice. Communication will be key, and guidance has to be easily accessible, targeted and updated. This includes guidance on methods, material use, craftsmanship, and traditional climate adaptation solutions. There is also a need to develop instruments and incentives contributing to maintenance.
Museums and the built heritage Several museums manage a large number
Climate change is leading to many challenges in
of protected buildings. They work actively
safeguarding the thousands of buildings worthy of
to strengthen expertise in maintenance, risk
preservation in their collective care. The museums
assessment and documentation. They also work
are important to many of the building preservation
to increase the understanding of traditional
centres. They play a vital role in the dissemination
craftsmanship as a key element in the development
of knowledge about the maintenance of cultural
of sustainable building preservation, and knowledge
environments to prevent climate-related damage.
of climate-friendly solutions.
