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Climate Futures: South Asia (Crafting Togetherness): Material explorations and architectural model-making by students and local artisans at Srihatta, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Image by Rizvi Hassan. Courtesy of Samdani Art Foundation

Culture-Based Climate Action: Mapping the global evidence from COP26 to COP30

Five years on from COP26, the report looks at how culture has moved from being seen as something vulnerable to climate change to being an active part of the response.

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Culture-Based Climate Action: A Turning Point for Global Climate Ambition

This article discusses the many ways the British Council connects cultural actors, policymakers, researchers and communities across borders in support of the global climate ambition.

Sustainable Architecture Practices

Exploring climate-adaptive architecture in Bangladesh, this report highlights community-driven, low-cost innovations shaping resilient, sustainable and inclusive built environments.

person kneels on a rocky riverbank, collecting a water sample from a shallow flowing stream using a handheld testing device. An open equipment case sits beside them, and trees with green, yellow, and orange autumn foliage line the river in the background. The scene depicts environmental fieldwork and water quality monitoring in a natural outdoor setting.

Skills for an Inclusive Transition: Youth realities and green opportunity pathways

Drawing on youth-led research across multiple countries, this report identifies barriers to green employment and explores more inclusive green end-to-end pathways for young people.

Bridging Knowledge Systems: Indigenous and scientific wisdom for climate resilience

This article discusses the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems, and their integration into climate action, cultural heritage and conservation efforts.

Translating The Tempest: the power of storytelling and the Bikolisation of Shakespeare

New research to reimagine global Shakespeare through the stories of rural Bikolnon farmers affected by climate change in the Philippines.

The indigenous thinks: knowledge exchange, youth empowerment and climate resilience in Northeast India

Introducing a new research project on how indigenous concepts can reshape global debates on ecology, futurity, and political imagination.

Human-Nature: Relations, Resilience, Reciprocity

Research on creative collaboration with communities in Malaysia through ethical, inclusive, and sustainable approaches to climate action.

Next Generation Kazakhstan

Next Generation Kazakhstan provides an understanding of young people’s perceptions, aspirations, priorities and key needs in Kazakhstan today.

Arctic Capital and Indigenous Peoples: a Postcolonial Critique of an Ecologically Unequal Exchange

Dissertation of the runner up of New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize