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How does the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change think about the intersection of culture, heritage, climate science & #ClimateAction? Some highlights of Dr Hoesung Lee's remarks at the 6 Dec launch of the @IPCC_CH co-sponsored #ICSMCHC
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'For the first time in @IPCC_CH's history, we are bringing together, in one forum, scientists & experts from the culture and heritage community and those working on climate change science" - Dr Hoseung Lee, #IPCC Chair at #ICSMCHC 2021
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'Not only is the #ICSMCHC a historical meeting but it's a historical opportunity to explore & deepen our collective knowledge &understanding of how climate change impacts culture & heritage &how these can enlighten our pathways to possible solutions in tackling climate change' 3/

'Culture & heritage are windows into millennia of human experience from which we can draw...strategies to ...make communities more resilient...Are we capable of projecting from our past into our shared future?...I believe this is not only possible, but imperative'
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'Climate change is bringing multiple different changes in different regions ... Some of these changes ... present a clear and imminent threat to our culture and heritage.' -Dr Hoesung Lee, @IPCC_CH Chair at #ICSMCHC. /5
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.@IPCC_Ch Chair Dr Hoesung Lee: The physical loss of the world's cultural heritage sites 'is not only an irreparable loss to our collective history & our science ... they can leave an unbridgeable chasm in our ability to pass on indigenous and local knowledge' --at #ICSMCHC. /6

'IPCC assessment reports increasingly acknowledge the need for climate science to explore &tap into all areas & forms of knowledge. #ICSMCHC will allow us to explore the importance of cultural knowledge & heritage ... And we are only at the start.' -#HoesungLee @IPCC_CH Chair /7

'Culture & heritage are vitally important aspects of our lives and resources influencing how our communities and societies adapt to climate change' - especially important given the strong focus on adaptation that emerged at #COP26 in Glasgow. - Dr Hoesung Lee at #ICSMCHC /8

The full text of the remarks of Dr Hoesung Lee, Chair of the @IPCC_CH, at the launch event of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage & Climate Change can be read here➡️ipcc.ch/2021/12/06/ipc….
More on the #ICSMCHC: cultureclimatemeeting.org
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