Agencies and organizations at the federal, tribal, state, and local level (and internationally) are issuing studies on climate impacts to historic properties and guidance on how to address such impacts.
National Park Service Analysis and Guidance
- Guidelines on Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy
- Climate Change and Cultural Landscapes
- Climate Change and Your National Parks
- Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook
- Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Case Studies
- Preserving Coastal Heritage: Summary Report
- Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Projections for the National Park Service
- Preserving Coastal Heritage Work Sessions
- Resilient Heritage: Protecting Your Historic Home from Natural Disasters (National Center for Preservation Technology and Training)
- Cultural Resource Management and Planning for the Impacts of Climate Change (George Wright Society Forum, 2015)
- Protecting Cultural Resources in Coastal U.S. National Parks from Climate Change (George Wright Society Forum, 2008)
Other Key Links
- Integrating Historic Property and Cultural Resource Considerations Into Hazard Mitigation Planning (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Preservation and Climate Change (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Climate and Culture (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- High Water and High Stakes: Cultural Resources and Climate Change (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Sea Change: Climate Change and Coastal National Parks (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Keeping History Above Water (Multi-organization initiative)
- National Landmarks At Risk: How Rising Seas, Floods, and Wildfires Are Threatening the United States' Most Cherished Historic Sites (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Sustainability and Climate Action Issue Brief (Preservation Priorities Task Force)
- Preservationists and Climate Equity: A Resource List (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Understanding Climate Change (Webinar) (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage through Climate Change
- Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation: A Literature Review (Association for Preservation Technology)
- Climate Change is the National Parks' Biggest Challenge (Climate Central)
- Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from Cape Lookout National Seashore (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from Jamestown (U.S. Geological Survey)
International
- ICOMOS Work on Climate Change
- Future of Our Pasts: Engaging Cultural Heritage in Climate Action (ICOMOS)
- Climate Heritage Network
- Heritage, Climate Justice and Equity (ICOMOS)
- World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Heritage at Risk: Case Studies of Climate Change Impacts (Society for Historical Archaeology)
State Level Guidance and Resources
Climate impacts are threatening historic places and community identity.