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· Plenaries
Welcome from Scotland and our Green Arts Community
A welcome to the first day of the Cultural Adaptations conference
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· Showcase
Break
Grab a drink, stretch your legs, or visit our showcase of short videos
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COP26: Showcasing the cultural community
What is COP and what does it do? What to look for at the COP and how to use it to achieve our shared aims for cultural transformation.
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Break
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How can cultural funders drive leadership on climate action?
Strategic leadership is essential to enable cultural participation in climate action and adaptation. How can funders enable this?
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Break
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Focus on Engagement
How can we build and maintain active engagement in climate action among staff, audiences, artists and other stakeholders?
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Focus on Advocacy
How can arts and cultural actors participate in campaigns or advocate for change through their work or their communications?
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Focus on Practical Action
How can cultural organisations and institutions take meaningful, practical steps to addressing climate change?
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Break
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Reflections from Glasgow
Reflecting on creative responses and adaptation of the city as we look towards a Just and Green Recovery.
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· Networking
Climate speed dating for COP26
What are you looking forward to at COP26?
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Welcome & Keynote
Scotland is recognised as leading internationally on climate policy. Hear more about upcoming strategic plans to address climate change
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Break
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Why transform culture?
Climate change adaptation is a social and cultural issue. What role do arts and culture have in leading and helping wider society to adapt?
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Break
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Adaptation 101
What is climate change adaptation? How can adapting to climate change address challenges and create new opportunities for people and organisations?
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Break
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Storytelling for adaptation
How do the stories we tell and narratives we use shape our approach to adaptation?
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Focus on Artistic Creation
How can we develop quality artistic work which addresses climate change in an innovative, interesting way?
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Break
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Adapting Cultural Organisations. Toolkit: How to adapt you organisation
The Cultural Adaptations project has developed a toolkit to support cultural organisations to adapt to climate change. Find out more about this resource.
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Premiere of Cultural Adaptations film
Explore the adaptation and cultural leadership in Glasgow, our partner city and host of COP26!
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Welcome and Keynote
Creating the conditions for a better city: how Chicago employs art and culture for positive change
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· Showcase
Break
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Innovation, resilience and Covid-19: What have we learnt about adaptation?
Stories of rethinking, re-imagining and learning from the pandemic as we recover in a changing world.
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Climate change and cultural heritage
Our cultural heritage is at risk as a result of climate change. How is the heritage community tackling this challenge?
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Learning from capacity building in the public sector
Scotland’s public sector benefits from he Adaptation Capability Framework. What can SMEs learn from this approach?
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Place-based approaches to addressing climate impacts
Place-based approaches are essential for successful regional adaptation. What are some of these approaches in practice?
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Break
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Transforming Europe's Adaptation
Exploring current projects and innovations in European climate change adaptation, including Clyde Re:Built, ICLEI's Connecting Nature project and CreaTures.
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Cultural experiences in adaptation
Examples, problems and successes in climate change adaptation in the cultural sector (in Scotland and wider Europe)
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Break
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Evaluating Transformation
How can we evaluate transformative adaptation projects, particularly those which include creative methods? Exploring examples, frameworks and methods.
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Networking
BYOB climate networking online lounge
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Welcome & Keynote
How can creative practices be a tool for wider social change? In conversation with Frances Whitehead
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Break
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Creative Logic and Climate Change
How can artistic methods and ways of thinking be used to change and challenge how we work on climate change?
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Break
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Being an Embedded Artist
What is it like to be a creative practitioner in an Embedded Artist Project? The challenges, the opportunities and advice to others working in this way.
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Leading embedded artist projects as a cultural partner
What is it like to be a cultural organisation facilitating Embedded Artist Projects? Advice for initiating and managing projects and cross-sector connections.
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Creating embedded artists for adaptations partners
What is it like to be adaptation practitioner working with creative practice? Examples of projects, impacts and advice to others working in this way.
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Break
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Creative Adaptation in the Housing Sector
A worked example of an embedded artist project in a local context: a deep-dive into how sector can benefit from a particular artistic approach.
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Culture/SHIFT
How can creative approaches support community engagement and empowerment?
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Break
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Creating Embedded Artist Projects Toolkit - How to
The Cultural Adaptations project has developed a toolkit to support those planning their own Embedded Artist Projects. Find out more about this resource
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Closing Remarks
Closing remarks, and an inspiring call to action keynote
Showcase

Good Energy
100% renewable power that works for the planet

The Glasgow Barons
FLUX: the power of water and climate change through music

The Glasgow Barons
A local orchestra cuts the carbs

Scottish International Storytelling Festival
The Earth Stories Collection in partnership with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

Sculpture Placement Group
Introduction to Circular Arts Network (CAN)

Grid Iron
Grid Iron Adapts

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre
The green effort at Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre

Edinburgh International Festival
Internationalism and Sustainability

Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
Catherine Wheels - Green Wheels Touring and Beyond

Glasgow Women's Library
Glasgow Women's Library's Green Work

Edinburgh Art Festival
Environmental sustainability in policy and programming at Edinburgh Art Festival

Nevis Ensemble
Nevis Ensemble

Sequoia
Growing Wilder

And If Not Now
And If Not Now

Delegate Support
Here to help you with any platform problems

Street Level Photoworks
Highlighting climate impacts and solutions through @EverydayClimateChange