Research Review of Climate Change and Heritage for Historic England

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Historic England awarded a contract to Jeremy Benn Associates Limited for a research review of climate change and heritage.

The supplier identified and reviewed research undertaken by public bodies, research institutions, and charitable organisations across the UK to ensure that new research commissioned in the next two years is complementary to recent and current activity.

The review covered three objectives: understanding ongoing research on improving adaptation options, understanding research on threats and risks to heritage from climate change and responses, and identifying organisations funding such work.

Specific research areas included models and long-term impacts of climate change on heritage, impacts of flooding and coastal erosion, intangible heritage, best practice methods for maintenance, repair, and adaptation of historic building stock, embodied carbon comparative carbon accounting for historic assets, and the role of historic land- and sea-scapes in carbon sequestration and offsetting.

The contract value was £41,349.