Future Preparedness Resources- Curated by MD North and Mortice Consulting by

Met Office Get Climate Ready Resources

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Advice on what you could do to combat the changes to the climate now and into the future

BBC and Met Office Climate Visualisation Tool

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The Met Office climate projections cover different levels of global warming. Find out how changes to climate will affect your area.

Met Office Climate and Weather Data

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Source accurate and reliable weather and climate data from the UK’s National Meteorological Service.

Local Authority Climate Service- understanding climate change in your local area

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Tools and resources, specifically designed for Local Authorities and useful for others, to help you better understand climate change in your local area and support your adaptation journey.

UK Government Long Term Flood Risk Checker

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-04-04 11:58:00 UTC

Use this service to find the long term flood risk for an area in England and how climate change might increase the chance of flooding in an area.

UK Government Coastal Erosion Risk Checker

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Search the map for an area in England to show the estimated area at risk from coastal erosion in the medium term (until 2055) and long term (until 2105).

UK Government Adverse Weather and Health Plan

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The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather.

DCMS Business continuity planning guidance for museums and galleries

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Guidance from DCMS on how museums, galleries and other public buildings can prepare for an emergency or disaster.

National Trust Climate Hazards Map

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National Trust Climate Hazard data was produced from a NT commissioned climate risk mapping project and used in a publicly available web application produced for COP26.

Historic England Emergency Response Planning Resources

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How to prepare an emergency response plan, including downloadable templates.

Historic England Technical Guidance

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Technical guidance on looking after historic buildings and sites, including climate change adaptation, retrofit and energy efficiency advice; plus briefing on recording, and information and project management.

Indigo Act Green Report

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Indigo Act Green Report on cultural audience attitudes towards role of cultural organisations in tackling the climate emergency.

Bizot Green Protocol

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Bizot Green Protocol 2023- environmentally sustainable approaches to long-term collections care.

Guide to the conservation of historic buildings

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British Standards BS 7913:2013 Guide to the conservation of historic buildings.

Conservation of cultural heritage guidelines

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British Standards BS EN 16883:2017 Conservation of cultural heritage. Guidelines for improving the energy performance of historic buildings (UNDER REVIEW).

Museum Development South West Emergency planning and salvage resources

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Emergency planning and salvage resources.

Museum Development South East Emergency Planning Resources

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Emergency Planning Resources.

Museum Development Midlands Emergency Planning Resources

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Emergency Planning Resources.

Collections Trust Risk Management Resources

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Risk Management Resources.

Collections Trust Assessing and Managing Risk Resources

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Assessing and Managing Risk (including Emergency Planning) for Accreditation.

Harwell Restoration Emergency and Disaster Kit Equipment List

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Emergency and Disaster Kit Equipment List.

Harwell Restoration Emergency Plan Template

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Emergency Plan template.

Welsh Government Collections Significance Assessment Toolkit

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Welsh Government Collections Significance Assessment Toolkit. Could be useful to help identify priority collections for salvage.

Preservation Equipment Limited

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Conservation and collections care suppliers including emergency preparedness equipment.

Conservation Resources

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Conservation and collections care suppliers.

Conservation by Design

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Conservation and collections care suppliers.

Meaco Measurement and Control

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Environmental monitoring and control equipment suppliers.

UK Flooding Forecast Centre

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The Flood Forecasting Centre is a partnership between the Environment Agency and Met Office.

Emergency Planning & Response Book

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Alberta Museums Association Help! An Emergency Preparedness Manual for Museums

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Building Regulations

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UK Building Regulations

RIBA Conservation Register

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The Royal Institute of British Architects is a global professional membership body driving excellence in architecture. The Conservation Register includes specialists in all aspects of historic building conservation, repair and maintenance.

AABC Register

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The AABC ensures skilled conservation architects safeguard our historic buildings. The free register connects clients with proven professionals.

Listings of Building Conservation and Accreditation Schemes

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Historic England listing of professional Conservation and Accreditation schemes.

Historic England Advice on Finding the Right Professional

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This page links to registers of individuals and companies accredited by trade and professional associations.

Julie's Bicycle Resource Hub

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Explore the resource hub for practical tools and support on how to take climate action, get up to speed on policy, and read case studies.

Climate Change Impacts for Culture and Heritage

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ICSM CHC White Paper II- Impacts, vulnerability, and understanding risks of climate change for culture and heritage.

Historic England's Whole Building Approach

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These webpages are for anyone interested in improving the energy efficiency and climate resilience of a historic building, while maintaining its significance.

Historic England's Creating a Vocabulary of Climate Change Hazards for Heritage

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A standardised vocabulary of climate hazards for heritage. It adapts the methods and definitions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aligning cultural heritage with international climate change science. The final hazard list is published on the Forum on Information Standards for Heritage (FISH) as a controlled vocabulary.

Historic England's Identification of Climate Hazard and Climate Change Adaptation Resources

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This report outlines findings related to identifying climate hazard resources relevant to safeguarding heritage sites against the impacts of climate change. It details the development of a data catalogue, identifies a wide range of tools and datasets that can support adaptation to climate change impacts on heritage sites, evaluates climate change risk assessment (CCRA) methodologies suitable for the heritage sector, and proposes ways to present this information effectively to both internal and external stakeholders.

British Council Strategic LiteratureReview: Climate Change Impacts onCultural Heritage

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-06-12 12:49:09 UTC

A systematic literature review on climate change impacts on cultural heritage and their

technical, societal, cultural, and economic effects.

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Source data from across the world on all areas of climate change, can be used in broader sustainability discussions and as a key tool for stakeholder engagement.

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Understand climate change and how to become Climate Ready

Met Office Climate Indicators

leahmorton1 — 2025-06-30 14:29:47 UTC

Climate indicator toolkit from the Met Office.

Arts Green Book

leahmorton1 — 2025-06-30 14:32:11 UTC

A developed green book for sustainability within the arts sector, originally developed for Greater London but applications for all cultural and arts sector estates.

BSI - Net Zero Transition for SME's

leahmorton1 — 2025-06-30 14:33:17 UTC

Useful toolkit produced by BSI for SME's.

Gallery Climate Coalition - Carbon Tool

leahmorton1 — 2025-06-30 14:34:32 UTC

A toolkit developed with the Design Museum which is updated and keeps museums and galleries at the heart of its purpose.

MDSW - Resource Page

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Julie's Bicycle - Carbon Tool

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WWF - Carbon Calculator

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Real world action underway

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A news article of works being undertaken in the north by Woodlands Trust UK.

Derby Museum - Flood

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After the Flood - Downpatrick Museum

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Storm Impacts - RAF

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Heatwaves and our staff

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City of London Heritage Buildings Retrofit Toolkit

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-07-15 10:34:46 UTC

City of London Corporation has worked with Purcell has worked with Purcell to deliver a Historic Building Retrofit Toolkit as part of their Climate Action Strategy.

The Natural Hazards Partnership

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SPAB Building Maintenance Calendar

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The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) handy maintenance calendar for people looking after buildings.

Centre For Alternative Technology Resources and Advice

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Independent and impartial advice on a wide array of topics relating to sustainability.

Our Wold in Data

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The goal of their work is to make knowledge accessible and understandable to empower those working to build a better world. Our World in Data’s mission is to publish the ”research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.”

Salix Public Sector Decarbonisation Support and Guidance

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-08-06 09:48:01 UTC

Salmi work with UK Government provide funding and guidance to the Public Sector to reduce carbon emissions to reach net zero goals.

Microgeneration Certification Scheme

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-08-13 08:53:41 UTC

MCS sets, defines and maintains the Standards for low-carbon energy technology products, contractors and their installations. This includes heat pumps, solar, biomass, small wind and battery storage. MCS is a mark of quality. Membership of MCS demonstrates adherence to these recognised industry Standards, highlighting quality, competency and compliance.

BREEAM Sustainable Building Certification

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Since 1990, BREEAM’s third-party certified standards have helped improve asset performance at every stage, from design through construction, through use and refurbishment. BREEAM is used to specify and measure the sustainability performance of buildings. Using this framework helps projects to meet their sustainability goals and achieve optimal performance over time.

Quinquennial Reports

leahmorton1 — 2025-08-29 14:28:49 UTC

Technical guidance for review and reporting on building fabric as set out by the Church of England within their Quinquennial reporting guidelines. It can often be useful to take inspiration from outside the sector and see how others review, protect and plan for their buildings.

Rethinking Environmental Responsibility in Public Programming

leahmorton1 — 2025-09-30 11:20:36 UTC

How can we explain and influence our visitors and key stakeholders - can the climate and our actions and resilience become apart of our story?

English Heritage Climate Resilience Resource

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-10-02 08:30:48 UTC

Resources to help those looking after heritage sites – from homeowners through to large organisations – to become climate resilient.

National Trust Climate Change Adaptation Guidance

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-10-02 08:33:30 UTC

National Trust experts are developing a range of guidance for the owners and managers of historic and beautiful places.

The guidance aims to help sites become more resilient to climate change, and support teams to take decisions in the face of climate hazards.

Business Continuity Management Toolkit

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Historic Houses Foundation

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Guidance and funding for historic houses.

Disaster Preparedness

leahmorton1 — 2025-10-08 09:42:57 UTC

MDN paper on how museums can be more prepared.

ICOM - Disaster Preparedness

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Disaster scenarios study

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A paper looking a thte impacts of developing and reacting to disasters to reduce overall risks of the impending impacts.

Facilities management and changing future conference

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English Civic Museums Network

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Offering guidance and best practice

Developing a Decarbonisation Plan

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To support cultural and heritage organisations responsible for historic buildings to navigate the processes and steps involved in decarbonising their buildings to meet their net zero targets. The resources have been produced as a result of the Cultural and Heritage Sector Decarbonisation Project, managed by the architects Haworth Tompkins, funded by and working closely in partnership with Arts Council England (ACE) and Historic England (HE).

Climate Outreach Communications Toolkit

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2025-11-04 21:39:12 UTC

Insights Report and Communication Toolkit by Climate Outreach who conduct research to better understand how people think and feel about climate change, and to tell climate stories that make a real difference.

Carbon Net Zero Funding and Grants

leahmorton1 — 2025-11-11 11:23:25 UTC

Crown commercial service search tool for grants and funding focussed on carbon net zero.

RIBA Plan of Work and Overlays

YorkMuseumsTrustYMT — 2026-04-08 07:39:05 UTC

This suite of documents organise the process of briefing, designing, constructing and operating building projects into eight stages. Supported by industry specialists, RIBA publish overlays to provide detailed guidance on specific design and built environment considerations that can be implemented through each RIBA Plan of Work stage. These include Overlays on Security, Inclusive Design and Engagement.