Climate crisis

Cooling off period: How did museums fare in their response to the heatwave?

Drop in temperature brings relief – and reflection on what the sector should be doing to better plan for extreme heat

Q&A | ‘We’ve created a false divide between human culture and the natural world’

As Manchester Museum prepares to redevelop its Vivarium, Georgina Young tells us about the power of curation in conservation

Case study | Decarbonising Poole Museum’s historic buildings

ZMMA’s Adam Zombory-Moldovan talks about challenges and opportunities involved in the process

Books | The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment

Filipa Ramos' exploration of the transformative power of contemporary art is an important call to action

Q&A | ‘Interest in the climate crisis is slackening because our attention is pulled in so many directions’

As COP30 gets underway, Lula Rappoport tells us how London Art+Climate Week hopes to inspire climate action

Galleries join forces to ‘remember nature’

Initiative involved 17 arts organisations across England

Bookworm

From contemporary art's relationship to the environment to Black Victorian Britain

Galleries at Frieze pledge support for sustainability charity

The Gallery Climate Coalition is to receive a percentage of sales from participating galleries

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Natural history museums can help save the planet

They can tackle social justice and environmental issues, says Jack Ashby

Sound the alarm | Fixing Our Broken Planet, Natural History Museum, London

Annika E Mazzarella is inspired by the message of hope at a new gallery devoted to ecological issues

Opposition to philanthropy is ‘imagined’, say climate campaigners

Anti-oil group says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues

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Museums can drive climate justice action

Sector is well placed to help people find their agency, says Saskia Randle