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NEW INTO x National Trust webinar series: Climate change and heritage – using the past for the future
INTO is partnering with the National Trust (England, Wales & Northern Ireland) on a new series of webinars exploring how climate change is influencing the way we protect and care for the places and stories that matter most.
Each session will reflect on the National Trust’s approach and examine how changing climates are affecting both natural and cultural heritage. Together, we’ll share experiences, insights and practical responses from across our global network.
We warmly invite you to join the conversation and be part of this important exchange.
Programme details
Across the globe our landscapes are facing an era of unprecedented change, as we respond to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss through nature recovery at pace and scale to create and restore habitats.
We know that these landscapes, and the habitats within them are deeply cultural spaces, with rich histories reflecting the relationship between communities and their environment over millennia. As a result, this transformation demands new ways of thinking and knowing – ways that are holistic, inclusive and grounded in the deep interconnections between people, place and nature in the past, and for the future.
This webinar series will explore how the historic environment can not only respond to nature recovery, but actively underpin, inform and inspire it. This is a series for land managers, conservationists, heritage professionals and anyone working to restore ecosystems while respecting the cultural and historical fabric of our landscapes.
Each webinar will focus on a specific habitat – such as heathlands, peatlands, wetlands or woodlands – examining how these landscapes have been shaped by human activity, the evidence preserved within them, and how their histories can inform sustainable management in the face of climate change.
Case studies
Through international case studies, expert insights and cross-sector dialogue, this series will explore how the historic environment can:
- Provide a long view of environmental change and people-nature relationships
- Reveal lost habitats and traditional land management practices that support biodiversity
- Inform restoration design that is rooted in place, time, and community, delivering benefits for people and nature
- Engage people through storytelling, participation, and shared stewardship
This series is about enabling and empowering people to deliver change in our landscapes – change that is ecologically sound, culturally rich and socially inclusive.
Join us to explore how the stories of the past embedded in our landscapes can shape the restoration of ecosystems in the present, to support more sustainable and resilient places for the future.
One of our core beliefs is that the lives of the people who came before us matter to us, as do the lives of the people who will come after us. We make decisions based on our understanding of this long view of history and our place in it. Respect for future generations goes hand in hand with respect for the planet and respect for the past.
More information
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🌳 Webinar 1: Trees and woodlands
Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025
Time: 12:30–13:30 GMT
🌿 Webinar 2: Hedgerows and boundaries
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2026
Time: 12:30–13:30 GMT
🌾 Webinar 3: Heathland and common land
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026
Time: 12:30–13:30 GMT
🟤 Webinar 4: Peat
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026
Time: 12:30–13:30 BST
💧 Webinar 5: Water and wetlands
Date: Wednesday 1 July 2026
Time: 12:30–13:30 BST
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An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on caring for photographs, with Anita Bools, Senior National Conservator for Paper and Photographs at the National Trust, and Saya Miles, Lead Conservator at Historic England Archive and PhD researcher at University College London.
An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on wildfires with Tia Crouch, Ecologist at the National Trust and Richard Everett, Chief Forester at the Crown Estate.
An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on the climate hazards affecting roofless ruins and standing masonry with Imogen Wood, Senior National Consultant, heritage and climate at the National Trust, and Susan Bain, Western Isles Manager, National Trust for Scotland.
Acclaimed artist Luke Jerram shared his experience creating sculptures, installations and live artworks in the UK and around the world. Luke has developed an approach that includes creative workshops and delivers projects that are both educational, creative and leave a lasting legacy for the community, through the Luke Jerram Foundation.
An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on climate adaptation in historic buildings with Alan Gardner, senior buildings conservation manager at the National Trust, and Hoshil Dhanji of Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society.
An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on paper and books, with Nicola Walker, National Trust Senior Paper Conservator and Helena Bennett, St Helena National Trust.
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and INTO Chair, Dame Fiona Reynolds in conversation about how our economic model needs to include nature.
Even in our own language, how many of us fully understand all the climate change jargon? Why is it important to think about language in the context of climate action? Chaired by Bella Rooney, listen to the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance team’s research and ideas to make climate communications effective for all.
George Marshall, founder of Climate Outreach, led an interactive workshop unpacking some of the complex psychological responses to climate change.
INTO members from the Caribbean, North America, France and the UK shared their experiences, with a particular focus on how we communicate about our work to different audiences.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We examine who ‘owns’ heritage?
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. What happens when heritage sites and stories no longer hold relevance within communities?
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. This conversation focusses on nature-based solutions and community-led climate efforts.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We explore the opportunity heritage presents to build places that reflect and serve communities.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We take stock of the key findings of the series so far, discussing how heritage and its relevance evolves in constant dialogue with communities.