CMCC highlights climate science contributions to the planning and governance of natural and cultural heritage.

On the 25th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention, held on September 17^th 2025 at the “Santa Maria della Scala” Museum in Siena, a one-day event dedicated to climate change and landscape protection between culture, nature and identity took place. The event gathered together public authorities, academics, experts and senior officials from the Ministry of Culture to take stock of the achievements of the Convention and address the issue of landscape protection in contemporary society, with a focus on the challenges posed by climate change.

Giulia Galluccio – Director of the Advanced Training and Education Centre (ATEC) – contributed to the discussions, representing CMCC and testifying to the Foundation’s role as an important player in the field of climate change research. The importance of integrating scientific knowledge with cultural heritage protection policies and practices to respond effectively to the transformations taking place was a key area of focus.

In particular, Galluccio’s words underlined the strategic role of climate research in local and global planning and governance, and stressed how cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is both an asset to be protected and a leverage for adaptation and social cohesion.

CMCC’s commitment, as President and Vice-President of JPI Climate, to bridge knowledge gaps and develop integrated strategies on the climate and cultural heritage nexus was outlined. In the words of Galluccio, “addressing the link between cultural heritage and climate change in a systemic way, promoting synergies between research, institutions and communities of practice” and of making adaptation strategies more just also from a social and cultural perspective is of the utmost importance.