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最准的六合彩论坛 Institute of Archaeology contributions to COP26

21 October 2021

In the lead up to COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, we are highlighting how 最准的六合彩论坛 Institute of Archaeology research contributes to Climate Change Research, Policy and Practice.

COP26 Venue, Glasgow (Image courtesy of Rodney Harrison)

础蝉听, will take听place in Glasgow from the 31 October to 12听November, here some of the ways in which Institute of Archaeology researchers are contributing听to the understanding of past and present climates, reaching the aims of the sustainable development goals, climate action, climate justice, and to the COP26 conference itself.

Dorian Fuller and his team research ancient agriculture, plant domestication and its impact on social and environmental change from prehistory to ancient historical times, especially in Asia and Africa, including extended field research in India, China, Japan and Turkey. He also works on the response of past human societies to climatic changes. These are issues considered by a number of researchers as part of the Institute鈥檚 Anthropocene Research Network.

Matt Pope and colleagues at听Archaeology South-East are involved in a number of projects exploring , including a caused by more frequent storms and rising sea levels and a pilot project exploring how heritage sites at risk from coastal erosion/climate change can be rapidly surveyed ahead of their potential loss.

The official logo of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), 2021 (Wikimedia Commons: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.)

Julia Shaw鈥檚听recent research听focuses on the deep history of medico-environmental worldviews and its relevance for discourse on the global biodiversity and climate-change crises. Her forthcoming book focuses on interactions between lowland irrigated agriculture and upland forest-based lifeways, and corresponding monastic, state, and 'alternative鈥 community governmentalities of land and water resources in India, drawing also on her听work on contemporary听attitudes towards urban wildlife, 'pests' and pesticides. She is a member of听最准的六合彩论坛 Anthropocene听and its Chemical Exposures reading group.听

She co-organises a Cambridge-based campaigning group called听, aligned with Pesticide Action Network UK, that works with local councils and other stakeholders to explore alternatives to synthetic pesticide use in public and private urban spaces. 听Pesticide-Free Cambridge is a member of a coalition of local environmental groups that form part of the national COP26 Coalition which has been involved in a series of related events between September and November.听

Elizabeth Graham鈥檚 research explores issues of past and present waste and its future legacies. In particular, it aims to show how waste and end-of-line materials can make positive contributions to soil formation鈥攏ot as an end but as the first step in returning resources to the environment. Her research is contributing to a re-evaluation of waste as 鈥榠nput鈥 and exploring how this new conceptualisation of waste might be beneficial for some business practices in the era of climate change.

Theano Moussouri explores the role that food heritage can play in achieving a whole-system transformative change and moving towards global food security and nutrition. Janna Oud Ammerveld鈥檚 research considers how climate change is being engaged in the work of a variety of heritage managers and policy makers in a number of different countries.

will represent 最准的六合彩论坛 at COP26. He is co-lead on , an AHRC-funded research project which aims to inspire radical changes in the museum sector to address the climate crisis. With Colin Sterling (UvA) and Henry McGhie (Curating Tomorrow), he is co-curator of the exhibition which is part of the in the Glasgow Science Centre. He will contribute to a number of events both inside and outside of COP26 in Glasgow, including co-organising the panel 鈥淧owering climate action through heritage policies, organisations, research and public programmes鈥 which will take place in the COP26 EU Pavilion at 4pm GMT on 11听November. Virtual access to the exhibition is available via and as part of the COP26 Digital Green Zone, hosted by Google Arts and Culture. Virtual access to events in the EU Pavilion is available by signing up to the COP26 EU Side Events Online Portal. In addition to the exhibition and events, the project will launch an open access and at COP26.

Rodney is also a Co-Investigator on the , which responds directly to the challenge that accelerated climate and environmental change poses for the natural and cultural heritage sector. A collaboration with the University of Exeter, The National Trust, Historic England and Natural England, Landscape Futures is an AHRC Impact and Engagement Follow-on from the听听project, and is funded as part of the UKRI听听programme.听Landscape Futures research features in the , highlighting how heritage organisations are addressing the challenges of climate change.听Rodney is one of two academic co-leads on the IoA鈥檚 new BA Heritage degree programme, which will accept its first cohort of students in 2023 and be part of the new 最准的六合彩论坛 East School for Creative and Cultural Industries.

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