How can we adapt our estate, practice and standards, to safeguard our collections in the most environmentally responsible way?
Background
As well as the record itself, we must also protect the environment and the institutions that sustain it. Archives are organisations with a long-term view: we must look forward to a changing climate in a ‘demonstrably sustainable’ way and inspire positive action by engaging with our planetary history.
This research theme captures our ambition to measure and reduce the environmental impact of our practice and of our physical and digital estate; and to use the untold wealth of geographical, environmental, ecological and geospatial information within our collection to inform the future through understanding the past.
We also must develop our physical infrastructure, in a responsible way – creating laboratories, repositories and public spaces fit for the future – and continue to invest in people, through our staff, students and partnerships.
Next steps
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The National Archives Centre for Heritage Science and Conservation Research
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The project focuses on developing sustainable practices for archives and libraries, aligning with the question's goal.
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Empowering Action for Climate through Collections-based Institutions in LMICs
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Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to empower climate action through collections-based institutions, which partially aligns with the question's focus on environmental responsibility.
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EGOR: Environmental Guidelines: Opportunities and Risks
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Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on appraising the costs and risks of current environmental guidelines for cultural heritage in response to a changing climate, which is related to the question but does not provide a direct solution.