C-CHANGE

Arts and culture leading climate action in cities

Edited on 19/06/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

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  • Transfer Network
  • Climate action
  • Climate adaptation
  • Culture & Heritage

Transfer the work of Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (MAST) to support cities to mobilise their arts and culture sectors to contribute towards local climate change action is the aim of the C-CHANGE network. This can be done by: 1) Developing local policies, governance and capacity to act 2) Developing plans to reduce CO2 emissions and/or adapt to climate change, and supporting implementation 3) Developing plans to use arts and culture to engage citizens to act, and supporting implementation 4) Encouraging replication in other cities.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Manchester - United Kingdom
  • Wroclaw - Poland
  • Mantova - Italy
  • Gelsenkirchen - Germany
  • Sibenik - Croatia
  • Águeda - Portugal

Timeline

Kick-off meeting

Transnational meeting - Mantova

Transnational meeting - Manchester

Transnational meeting - Agueda

Transnational meeting - Manchester

Transnational meeting - virtual

 

Exchange & Learning Seminars

Exchange & Learning Seminars

Exchange & Learning Seminar 

Exchange & Learning Seminar

Final event

Articles

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    RECUP MASTERCLASS on Monitoring & Impact Evaluation: Measuring the Value of Culture

    In April 2026, partners of the URBACT RECUP Network gathered online for a dedicated Masterclass on monitoring, evaluation and the communication of cultural impact. The session focused on helping

  • Articles

    Final Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Getting ready to kick off

    The Network met for last time in Rome concluding its transfer journey and investment plans, while presented in public the future of Hydro-Heritage management. 

  • Articles

    SPARK: Rethinking public procurement as engine for local resilience

    AUTHOR: Sabina Reichert, LEAD EXPERT FOR URBACT TN SPARK

    On paper, the municipality of Kavala (Greece) looks like many other medium-sized European cities. Back in 2018, it had a relatively solid budget