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Call for Stories | Living Legacies: Tales of Culture and Resilience

11 February 2026

A call for stories from Asia and the Pacific.

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Living Legacies: Tales of Culture and Resilience

26 January 2026

Last update:2 February 2026

UNESCO and ICHCAP invite you to share personal stories that show the connection between culture and climate change – from the challenges communities face and creative solutions they develop.
Your story can help raise awareness, inspire action, and show how culture is not only at risk from climate change, but also part of the solution.

IRDR promote the innovations and actions on culture, DRR, climate change interface. To learn more about our past work on cultural heritage protection and indigenous knowledge inheritance, please visit

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