Climate Service for Cultural Heritage (CSC)

About the project

The effects of climate change will have a negative impact on our cultural heritage in many ways. Negative impacts such as floods, fires, zero crossings and precipitation can increase in intensity and frequency, which means that our cultural heritage can be damaged or even lost.

The tool "Climate service for cultural heritage", CSC, shall function as a support in processes where risk assessment of climate effects needs to be performed e.g. when a care and maintenance plan is drawn up or updated. The tool will support the translation of regional climate data so that the starting point for risk assessment is clarified for actors in the cultural heritage sector. It should be easy to make decisions and take account of climate adaptation with support in the tool without either underestimating or overestimating a risk or creating financial obstacles for the climate adaptation chosen in the process.

Purpose

The purpose of the project is to develop a climate service that can be used when climate risks are to be analyzed in the cultural heritage sector.

Goal

General goals;

• increase knowledge about the impact of climate change on cultural heritage,
• increase knowledge of various climate-related risks to cultural heritage

Specific goals;

• develop a “Climate service for cultural heritage” that meets the knowledge and user needs that exist in the cultural heritage sector,
• create an understanding of how we can qualitatively understand and communicate climate information and take probability into account with the help of “good examples”,
• on the basis of the tool be able to receive support in determining what level of probability (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th, according to the Standard for risk assessment SS-EN 31010) has a relevant risk based on available climate information.

Method

“Climate service for cultural heritage” is developed in collaboration with authorities and actors related to the cultural heritage sector. This will be done with the help of workshops in collaboration with the project reference group.