2026 is a busy year for the climate heritage community. Our team and partners are tracking the following events. We hope to see you there! If there are additional events that you think should be added to this list, please email media@heritageadapts.org.

March

March 5: ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group Webinar - Online

March 7 - 9: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on World Heritage Cities and Climate Action - Kyoto, Japan

March 12 - 18: SXSW Cities & Climate - Austin, TX, USA

March 19 - 20: Shadhona and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ‘User Engagement Fair’

March 19 - 28: DC Environmental Film Festival - Washington, DC, USA

March 30 - April 1: ChangeNow Conference - Paris, France

April

April 12 - 16: 14th Terra World Congress on Earthen Architecture - Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

April 15 - 17: Decay Without Mourning: Future Thinking Heritage Practices - Stellenbosch, South Africa

April 18: International Day of Monuments and Sites - Online

April 18 - 26: SF Climate Week - San Francisco, USA

April 20- 26: DC Climate Week - Washington, DC, USA

April 21 - 25: UNFCCC Climate Week 1 - Yeosu, the Republic of Korea

April 29 - 30: Indigenous Connections Summit - Golden, CO, USA

May

May 5: African World Heritage Day

May 11 - 15: UN Forum on Forests 21st Session - NYC, NY, USA

May 12 - 14: National Adaptation Forum - Pittsburgh, PA, USA

May 17 - 22: World Urban Forum - Baku, Azerbaijan

May 20 - 23: American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo - Philadelphia, PA, USA

May 26 - 30: European Cultural Heritage Summit - Nicosia, Cyprus

June

June 4: Petra National Trust Heritage Award Ceremony - Aman, Jordan

June 8 - 18: SB64 - Bonn, Belgium

June 9 - 13: The Festival of the New European Bauhaus - Brussels, Belgium

June 17 - 18: UNESCO 11th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Paris, France

June 20 - 28: London Climate Action Week - London, UK

June 29 - 30: Hamburg Sustainability Conference - Hamburg, Germany

July

July 7 - 15: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) - NYC, NY, USA

July 16 - 23: UNESCO 8th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum - Busan, Republic of Korea

August

August 10 - 13: IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) - Busan, Republic of Korea

August 19 - 22: Latinos in Heritage Conservation's Congreso Leadership Summit - Chicago, IL, USA

September

September 7 - 11: UNFCCC Climate Week 2 - Baku, Azerbaijan

September 16: Museum Ideas - London, UK

September 20- 27: New York Climate Week - NYC, NY, USA

September 22 - 24: Adaptation Canda - Toronto, Canada

October

October 17 - 24: ICOMOS General Assembly - Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Malaysia

October 19 - 30: 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 17) - Yerevan, Armenia

November

November 9 - 20: COP31 - Antalya, Türkiye

November 11 - 13: Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies - Vienna, Austria

December

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