For two years I was part of Cultural Adaptations a Creative Europe project, led by Creative Carbon Scotland with partners in four EU countries. The project focused on culture’s role in society’s adaptation to climate, and the Adaptation issues that cultural organisations need to think about.

Led by Creative Carbon Scotland, Cultural Adaptations sought to find creative, innovative and place-based responses to climate change impacts, equipping cultural organisations and cities with the knowledge and skills they need.

Through this project I worked as an Embedded Artist with Climate Ready Clyde an initiative to create a shared vision, strategy and action plan for an adapting Glasgow City Region.

Cultural Adaptations culminated in a conference in March 2021. A this event all partners shared the findings and toolkits created through the project, and explored wider knowledge and international experiences of how creativity can help us to adapt. It showcased unique, innovative and creative approaches to solving complex climate challenges and presented new ways of working collaboratively in adaptation. 

Read my blog for the 4^th European Climate Change Adaptation conference held in Lisbon in 2019 on why a new approach to climate adaptation strategic development involving artists is needed here.

Adaptation Scotland’s webinar on Creativity and Climate Change covers creative approaches to facilitating engagement; visuals for climate change communication, and embedded artist experiences and features myself and Gemma Lawrence Culture/SHIFT Manager at Creative Carbon Scotland.

In connection with this project, I also researched and wrote a foresight report, Climate Ready Clyde – The Value of Partnership. The report forms part of the Connected Clusters project, providing Sustainable Scotland Network members and partners valuable insight into Climate Innovation Clusters in the U.K.