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The world faces a climate and ecological emergency. The scientific evidence is clear: we are on course for a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, and are destroying natural species, populations and ecosystems at a rate not seen since the great prehistoric extinction events. The 2018 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives us until 2030 to avert the worst effects of this man-made environmental disaster.

The conservation of cultural heritage is inextricably linked to activities with a high environmental impact, such as construction and development, building operations, land management, and tourism. At the same time, engagement with the legacy of the past can inspire and deepen our responses to the current crisis.

The roots of heritage conservation, with its call for inter-generational solidarity and responsible stewardship of the inherited world, are deeply interwoven with those of the environmental movement. Heritage – be it tangible or intangible, built or below ground – is all around us. It has a prominent place in the public imagination, and a corresponding power to shape public opinion.

The environmental crisis represents the greatest challenge facing humanity in our time, and threatens the very existence of irreplaceable cultural heritage. While any adequate response to that challenge must meet the tests of social need, economic justice and human well-being, it will also require a genuine shift in existing cultural values and practices. As individuals and organisations involved in the heritage sector, we are determined to make that shift, and to address the present emergency with all the resources at our disposal. Read more about the Heritage Declares movement on our About Us page.

We therefore commit to:

1. Be a platform for change

by using our prominent position to tell the truth about the climate and ecological emergency, promote environmental awareness and action, and foster the cultural changes that are required in light of the immense challenges ahead

2. Shift conservation priorities

by actively seeking out opportunities to adapt heritage sites so as to reduce their carbon footprint and promote biodiversity, without harming their cultural significance

3. Build and share the evidence

by seeking a fuller understanding of the intersection between cultural heritage and the environment, promoting rigorous open-source research into carbon reduction, climate adaptation, and biodiversity in heritage contexts

4. Conserve embodied resources

by bringing whole-life carbon and energy efficiency analyses to bear on the choices we make and the causes we support; for instance, by advocating an evidence-based policy of retaining, maintaining, repairing and adapting existing buildings – whatever their formal heritage values – as an alternative to wasteful cycles of demolition

5. Plan for sustainability

by embedding climate and ecological sustainability at the foundation of heritage planning and funding, designing policies that prioritise environmental quality, sustainable living and transport, and flourishing and diverse ecosystems in historic places

6. Rethink heritage tourism

by rejecting approaches that magnify the environmental harms of tourism – for instance those that promote ecologically damaging infrastructure and increased air and car travel – and urging both public and private agencies to make the transition to low-impact alternatives.

7. Empower practitioners

by giving heritage practitioners and related specialists the support, training and resources they need to offer detailed advice on green issues within the sector

8. Protect skills and materials

by supporting traditional building crafts, land-management practices, and understandings of place, as well as the use of local materials and supply chains, as much for their contribution to sustainability as for their innate heritage value

9. Detoxify conservation practice

by moving to eliminate harmful waste and pollution – for example that caused by single-use plastics, cements and other ecologically unsustainable products – from our sector, and by embracing materials with a minimal environmental impact

10. Pursue ethical finance

by following transparent sponsorship and finance policies that urgently address the threat of environmental breakdown, shifting partnerships and investments away from the most damaging industries and towards genuinely green alternatives

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Signatories

70

Organisations

344

Individuals

Ellen Abbi
Marwa Ahmed
Malcolm Russell Airs, Oxford University
Richard Albanese
Alejandra Albuerne, UCL
Eleni Alexandrou, National Technical University of Athens
Manar Alosaimi, Cardiff University
Salim Amir, HTA Design LLP
Annamaria Andre
Guy Arnall, Peregrine Bryant Architecture
Esther Ashby
Jokin Asiain Iraeta
Naomi Atherton
Christian Camilo Baquero Lot
Cicely Barnett, National Churches Trust
Marion Barter, Marion Barter Associates Ltd
Tony Barton, Donald Insall Associates
Maria Bastidas-Spence
Sarah Baylis, Heritage and community engagement consultant
Steven Bee, Steven Bee Urban Counsel
Catherine Bell
Victoria Bellamy
Drew Bennellick
Susan Berry
Bill Bevan, inHeritage
Henrietta Billings
Niall Bird, Giles Quarme & Associates
Marion Blockley, Heritage Management
Claire Boardman
Jennifer Boggs, University of Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Student
John Bold
Stephen Boniface, Boniface Enterprises Ltd
Ben Bosence, Local Works Studio
Roger Bowdler
David Bowen
Jill Bowis, Ardchattan Parish Archive
Nic Boyes
Eugene Boyle Architect MRIAI
Eva Branscome, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Sarah Bridger, Donald Insall Associates
Aline Bronkhorst, Jessop and Cook Architects
Scott Brookes
Colin D. Brooking, Colin D. Brooking Bsc Hons BA Hons Dip Arch
Rachel Broomhead, English Heritage
Alice Brown, AAB Architects
Robert Buckley
Paul Butler
Dr Toby Butler, Birkbeck
Tríona Byrne, SPAB Ireland & CORA Consulting Engineers
Sarah Caradec
Lucie Carayon
Shona Carr, Oxford Preservation Trust
Louisa Catt, Donald Insall Associates
Paul Chidgey, Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects
Chris Church
Louise Ciotti, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at UWE Bristol
Ben Clark, Donald Insall Associates
Roisin Nic Coil
Dr Geraint Coles, Cultural Heritage Institute, Royal Agricultural University
Victoria Collins
Grace Connelly, The SPAB
Louise Cooke, University of York
Jamie Corless
Christopher Costelloe
Elizabeth Cowx
Rowena Creagh
James Crick, Donald Insall Associates
Catherine Croft, C20 Society
Sara Crofts
Charlotte Crossman, The Regeneration Practice
Una Daly
Alice Dammery
Debbie Dance, Oxford Preservation Trust
Ally Davies
Stephen Dawson, Oxford Preservation Trust
Nicola de Quincey, Nicola de Quincey architecture and conservation
Edward Denison, UCL
Philip Derbyshire, Derby City Council
Harriet Devlin
Laurie Dighton, Oxford Preservation Trust
Isabel Douglas, RBGE
Patrick Duerden
Adam Dyer
Cypren Edmunds, EasiFit
Sara Edmunds, Studio seARCH
Pia Edqvist, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
Alice Eggeling
Ben Eley
Jo Elnaugh
Jonathan Emery
Rebecca Eng, Action on Empty Homes
Helen Ensor IHBC, Donald Insall Associates
Deborah Evans, DE Landscape & Heritage Ltd
Doug Evans
Kate Falconer Hall, Montagu Evans LLP
Elspeth Faulkner, Faulkner Studio
Alec Feegrade
Karen Fielder
Lorraine Finch, LF Conservation and Preservation
Eugenia Fiocco
Dianna Fletcher, ADP Architecture
Grace Fletcher
Patricia Forero-Senior, The Architect Studio Ltd
Alec Forshaw
Dr Michael Forsyth, University of Bath
Roger France
Geraint Franklin
Tim Fransen, Map of Essex 1777
Charlie Fraser-Fleming
Edward Freedman
Sarah Freeman, Historic England
Will Fung
David Garrard, Oxford Brookes University
Ian George
Clemency Gibbs
Alasdair Glass
Charles Glenn
Esther Godfrey
Cristina Gonzalez-longo, Director: MSc in Architectural Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage, University of Strathclyde
Janice Gooch, Janice Gooch Heritage Consultancy
Maggie Goodall
Eleanor Grace
Donna Graves, Donna Graves Public Historian
Kimber Gray, Graded Interiors
Elinor Gray-Williams
Jon Griggs, PAYE Stonework & Restoration
Rebecca J Grimshaw, Anthony Grimshaw Associates LLP
Magdalena Gryniewicz
Peter Guillery, Survey of London, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Selen Güler, Izmir Institute of Technology
Katherine Gunderson, Grand Bequest LTD
Simon Gunn, University of Leicester
James Hall
Niall Hammond, Archaeo-Environment Ltd
Megan Hari
Dr Marion Harney, Historic Conservation Specialist, University of Bath
Liz Harper
James Harrington, Studio Polpo
Emily Harris, Donald Insall Associates
Kerren Harris
Katherine Harrison, South Northants Council
Anna Hart, Aspire Heritage
Claire Hattam, Cundall
Melanie Hay, Hoskins Architects
Emma Healey, Barton Willmore
David Heath
Lauren Heatherington
Dave Hedges, English Heritage
Gabriella Herrick, Donald Insall Associates
Danielle Hewitt, UCL
Nicholas Hill, Nicholas Hill Restoration
Rosemary Hill
Lucy Hockley
Margie Hoffnung, The Gardens Trust
Julian Holder, University of Oxford
Nick Holder, English Heritage
Alexander Holton, Purcell
Susannah Homer
Kasia Howard
Elyse Howell-Price
Lydia Inglis
Emma Ings, Headland Archaeology
Sue James, Trees and Design Action Group
Colin Johns, Colin Johns Architect
Matthew Johnson, Johnson Heritage
Sinclair Johnston
Mary Jones
Rosemary Jones, Swansea CoHousing
Nick Joyce
Roger A Joyce
Tamara Kahn, Marcus Beale Architects
Amad Kayani, Historic England
Rory Keenan
Colin Kerr
Iain King, Loader Monteith Architects
Marina Koliovska
Mario Kolkwitz
Joel Konrad
Jeremy Lake, Jeremy Lake Heritage
Eleanor Lakew
Paul Latham, The Regeneration Practice
Eliana Lentini
James Lesh
Laura Lewis-Davies
Scott Lindsay, Simpson & Brown
Morgan Lirette, British Library
Rob Lister, Caroe & Partners Architects
Nerys Lloyd-Pierce, Cardiff Civic Society
Jessica Lydiate, Donald Insall Associates
Gavin MacGregor, Northlight Heritage
Eline Malleret
Alex Marlow, Purcell
Frank Matero, Center for Architectural Conservation, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Francis Maude, Donald Insall Associates
Melissa Maynard, Melissa Maynard Heritage Ltd
Anne-Marie McHugh, The Open University
Phelim McIntyre
Joanne McKay, Growth Lancashire
Bridget McKenzie, Climate Museum UK & Flow Associates
Penny McKnight, apT
Paul McLoughlin, Project Sure Limited
Jamie McNamara
Dan McNaughton
Khrystyna McPeake
Brendan McSherry, Louth County Council
Conor Meehan
Adam Menuge, University of Cambridge
Fidel Meraz, UWE, Bristol
Katharine Metcalfe, K Metcalfe Heritage
Hollie Middleton
Alice Moncaster, Open University
Joe Moriarty
Sarah Morrison, Historic England
Mrs RI Morton-Gledhill, Diocese of Leeds
Sigrid Muller, Marcus Beale Architects
Sarah Murphy
Ashleigh Murray, Donald Insall Associates
Emma Naylor, Donald Insall Associates
Lucy Newport, The Morton Partnership
Robin A Nicholson, Cullinan Studio and the Edge
Joe O’Donnell
Meriel O’Dowd
Geraldine O’Farrell
Benedict O’Looney, Benedict O’Looney Architects
Aylin Orbasli, Independent Consultant
Matt Osmont, Donald Insall Associates
Elizabeth Otter, Purcell
Janna oud Ammerveld
Craig Page, Marcus Beale Architects Ltd
Heloise Palin
Hannah Parham
Mariangela Parisi
David Parker
Susana Parker
Ingrid Peckham
John Pendlebury, Newcastle University
Kirsty Peterkin
Elizabeth Pickup
Sam Pointer
Laura Polglase
Alison Pollard
John Popham
Robert Prewett, Prewett Bizley Architects
Seth Price, Wessex Archaeology
Amparo Primo, Black Architecture
Oriel Prizeman, Cardiff University
Lewis Proudfoot, Cliveden Conservation
Hannah Prowse, Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects
Matt Purslow
Abeer Qaed, Cardiff University
Julie Rabaud
Remfita
Soki Rhee-Duverne, Historic England
Peter Riddington
David Ridley, Edmonton Heritage Council (Alberta, Canada)
Lisa Rigg
Paul Robertshaw
Dr. Chip Robison, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light
Charlotte Robinson, Purcell
John Robson
Lou Robson
Dennis Rodwell, Dennis Rodwell, Architect-Planner
Daisy Romagnoli Silva
Murray Ross, Avalon Planning & Heritage
Holly Rowland
Karen Rowland, Reading Borough Council
Rosie Rust
Joanna Saady, Ecotecture Ecological Design Ltd
Michelle Sadlier, Cardno, Inc.
Andrew Sage
Paola Sannicandro, Marcus Beale Architects Ltd
Gabriel Schinnerl
Jessica Sharp
Miriam Sharp Pierson
Linda Shetabi, ICOMOS SDG WG
Robert E Sherlock
Clair Shields
Franziska Sieck
Morwenna Slade
Mark Small
Matthew Smith, Hutton and Rostron
Robyn Sparkes
Soon-Tzu Speechley, University of Melbourne
Helen Spencer
Howard Spencer, English Heritage
Sarah Stannage
Edward Stannard
Amy Starr
Matthew Steele, Manchester School of Architecture
Vicki Stevenson, Welsh School of Architecture
James Stewart, Hall Conservation
Teresa Stingl Freitas, FEUP
Olivia Stitson, Donald Insall Associates
Nicola Storey
Tristan Strange
Alfie Temple Stroud IHBC
Ian Stubbs, Middlesbrough Heritage Group
Anna Sullivan
Jacqueline Taylor
Karl Taylor
Ruth Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Ashley Thomas-Pate
Louise Thomas, Historic Towns and Villages Forum
Rebecca Thompson, English Heritage Trust
Olivia Thornton
Alasdair Travers, Purcell
Neil Turnbull, Cardiff University
Deborah Vaile, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Ann Vanner, Uclan
Michele Verdi
James Verner, Cardiff University
Canon Matthew Vernon, Abbey of St Edmund Heritage Partnership
Dr Sophie Vigneron, Kent Law School
Zoe Voice, Parliamentary Archives
Michael Walker, Independent National Garden Specialist
Harry Wall, Donald Insall Associates
Helen Warren, Donald Insall Associates
Bethan Watson
Rosalind Webber, Student at The University of Kent
Victoria Webster, Donald Insall Associates
Stacey Weiser
Polly Westlake, Cliveden Conservation
Georgia White
Chris Whitman, Cardiff University
Sarah Wickham, Sarah Wickham Consulting
Natalie Williams
Rachel Williams
Jenny Williamson
Kate Wilson, Gefrin Trust
Stuart Wilson, Max Fordham LLP
Emma Winder, RPS
Freya Wise, The Open University
Peter Wood
William Woodward, Building Crafts College, Kingston University
Matthew Woollven, Giles Quarme & Associates
Mary Worsfold
James Wright
Jon Wright
Nick Wright
Patrick Wright, King’s College London
Pei-Lin Yu, Boise State University Anthropology
Ying Yu, Cardiff University
Hülya Yüceer, Izmir Institute of Technology

This list will be updated regularly.