This event is hosted by the British Library.
Wednesday 18 November 2026, 10am to 11:30am GMT, UK time
In this webinar, we delve into how libraries and are the broader heritage sector are adapting to protect spaces, collections and people amid the growing impacts of the climate emergency.
In a time of adverse weather events, libraries are working on ways they can support their users and local communities who face the impacts of climate change.
The British Library is hosting a series of webinars focused on libraries and the climate crisis. The aim of the series is to bring together international library and cultural professionals to share their different responses to the urgent and complex challenges of the climate emergency. This year, our Libraries and Positive Climate Action webinar series explores what climate resilience means to libraries and cultural organisations around the world.
From creating more resilient buildings to planning emergency responses, climate change is reshaping how we work now and how we prepare for the future.
This session on adapting and building for resilience will be chaired by Maja Maricevic, Director of Science and Innovation at the British Library.
The speakers for this event include:
- Dr. Yaser Abunnasr – Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, American University of Beirut (AUB)
- Dr. Jenny Richards – Researcher in Physical Geography, St John’s College, University of Oxford
- Abdullah Maulani – Researcher of the Center for Study of Islam and Societies (PPIM UIN Jakarta) – Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA)
- Dr. Josep Grau-Bové – Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage
