Please find below bite-sized summaries of our research in this area with links to reports and publications where available. Visit our Research and Insight webpages to discover our full research portfolio.
An overview of and recommendations to enhance climate change and sustainability education in schools.
A literature review examining the impact of climate change on tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
An overview of leading trends in climate action and environmental sustainability programmes in the UK arts and culture sector, with best practice examples.
Enabling research collaboration between international researchers, Scottish universities and Scotland-based academic mentors, and external arts and culture organisations.
Fellowships to support an international research programme at the University of Cambridge on community-led climate resilience.
Insights into what young people around the world think about climate change and their priorities for climate action.
Examining how climate change affects the craft sector and artisans in India, highlighting the interplay between craft, sustainability and the climate crisis.
International case studies focusing on the logistics of the finances behind climate funding.
Trilateral research collaborations between universities in Japan, the United Kingdom, and ASEAN countries, aimed at addressing climate change.
The research highlights the urgent issue of cultural heritage being at risk from climate change, and explores best practices to protect against these effects focusing on East Africa.
The Big Conversation Climate Change delivers new insights on values and attitudes towards climate change in China, India, Japan and Mexico – major world economies.
This research considers how national cultural policy can strengthen the creative climate movement, and thereby mobilise action at scale.
The research showcases the voices of more than 8,000 young people, from 23 countries, whose views have contributed to the Global Youth Letter on Climate Action.
The Cultural Relations Collection includes a series of essays exploring the role of cultural relations in responding to global environmental challenges.
This research focuses on the lively debate of more than 20 mayors and city leaders, from 19 countries, on the urgent issue of climate-forced displacement.
A deeper understanding of the perceptions, attitudes, and readiness of young people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh Pakistan and Sri Lanka around climate vulnerability and their action.
Future by Design aims to inspire a global dialogue around climate change, while showcasing radical thinking about the role design can play in responding to urgent environmental issues.
Fashion Open Studio uses an action research approach to showcase the work of young fashion designers around the world.