Climate change is already having a profound effect on Wales’s historic environment, from flooding and coastal erosion to changing land use and farming practices. This page brings together a series of Cadw-funded and partner projects that assess the risks, impacts and challenges posed by a changing climate, as well as approaches to adaptation and management.
The reports cover a wide range of themes, including strategic assessments of climate impacts on historic landscapes and buildings, GIS-based pilot projects to map risks, the vulnerability of rivers and riparian environments, and the role of Shoreline Management Plans in protecting coastal heritage. Together, they highlight the urgent need to better understand and record our historic assets so that communities, heritage professionals, and decision-makers can respond to current threats and plan for the future resilience of Wales’s past.
