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Climate change, coastal heritage and community engagement – reflections from the CHERISH project
Sarah DaviesAdran Daearyddiaeth ac Gwyddorau Daear / Department of Geography and Earth Sciences,
Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
‘Climate change has become one of the most significant and fastest growing threats to people and their cultural heritage worldwide.’
Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
Cynllun Llesiant Lleol/ Local well-being plans
‘Creu cymunedau amgylcheddol gyfrifol a diogelsy'n medru addasu ac ymateb i effeithiau newidhinsawdd’
‘Create environmentally responsible and safe communities that can adapt and respond to the effects of climate change’
‘Rhaid cymryd camau yn awr i leihau effeithiauandwyol a pharatoi cymunedau fel y gallant ymatebyn briodol.’
‘…the importance of communities being prepared for the extreme events before they happen…’
Cambrian News, 16th January 2014
Kendon and McCarthy (2015) Weather Volume 70, Issue 2, pages 40-47 DOI:10.1002/wea.2465
Aberystwyth, Jan 2014
St Patricks Chapel
Submerged forest, Borth
Climate impacts on coastal heritage
• Storms
• Sea level rise
• Increased rainfall intensity
• Rising temperatures
• Drought
New archaeological and palaeoenvironmentalinvestigation of at risk sites
Improved evidence base for statutory protection, decision-making and adaptation strategies.
Raising awareness of climate change in coastal communities through heritage
Illauntannig, Co Kerry
From land, sea & air?
April 2018Dunbeg promontory fort, Dingle Peninsula
Penpleidiau / Caerfai Camp
1890s County Series mapping
16m loss in 100 years
16m loss in 100 years
• Cadw scheduled monument & SSSI
• A severely eroding coastal site
• Some past monitoring
• Excavation planned
Llyn Maelog
Llyn Coron
Morfa Dinlle
Aberffraw
NiwbwrchRhuddgaer
Dinas Dinlle
Caernarfon
Dinas Dinlle, Gwynedd
Byw gyda newid / Living with change
Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser12th October 1899
Courtesy of National Library of Waleshttps://newspapers.library.wales/
BGS Image ID: P252866
• Impacts of coronavirus on activities
• Value of individual and community memories
• Language matters
• Managing expectations
• Heritage and history have an important role to play in the climate change conversation
Diolch / Thank you
www.cherishproject.eu