Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens

  • Region

    Global

  • Topic

    Ecological Restoration

  • Type

    News

  • Source

    BGCI Member
Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens (RBGV)

According to Dr Dave Kendal from the University of Tasmania, in the next 50 years, 20-50% of current plant species in botanic gardens and urban landscapes will likely confront temperatures those species have never experienced before.

The time for action is now. 

In December 2018, people from a diversity of cultures, languages, and organisations from around the world responded to the global impacts of climate change to attend the botanical world’s first Climate Change Summit in Australia and form the Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens (Alliance).
The current growing membership comprises over 600 members including botanical organisations, gardens and arboreta from 100 countries across the world and peak industry bodies: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), International Association of Botanic Garden (IABG), Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) and the American Public Gardens Association (APGA).
The Alliance has several tools and resources available:
  • The Climate Assessment Tool was developed in partnership with BGCI along with several others, and is freely accessible at https://cat.bgci.org
  • The Landscape Succession Toolkit is designed to aid landscape managers begin their journey into adapting their landscape to climate change and begin planning for future succession. It includes guidance for those looking to develop their own bespoke management document on the subject, and is freely accessible at https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/about-us/climate-change-alliance/tools-and-products/
  • The Menu of Adaptation Action for Botanic Gardens & Arboreta offers a selection of actions and projects of varying size and complexity and focusing on adapting living landscapes to climate change. The reader may select from initiatives which can be scaled to suit their needs and resources, and begin taking action in the garden. The Menu is freely accessible at https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/about-us/climate-change-alliance/tools-and-products/
  • The Alliance hosts regular online Horticulture Forums, which feature presentations from around the world in a diverse range of climates and contexts. These are great opportunities to learn from and be inspired by each other, offer each other mutual support and share our experiences with climate adaptation. All Forums are recorded and are available for viewing here https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/about-us/climate-change-alliance/horticulture-forums-publications/

The Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens is an international information-sharing network which brings together botanic organisations and networks to take action to adapt our botanical landscapes to climate change. By acting now, we can ensure that what we treasure most about our botanic landscapes is safe guarded for the generations to come.  

The Alliance is the voice of committed botanic gardens from around the world. Together, members will address the impacts of climate change on plants and landscapes, and in turn protect people and the planet. There are solutions to all the challenges posed by climate change in our collective knowledge, and we have the passion and determination to create the tools and actions required.
Please find the details below as how to join online for free—it is an easy process. There are no impossible obligations expected from you—just a commitment to the principles of the Charter of the Alliance and associated climate change action. Your small or large actions are all valuable!

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