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<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>CCA is a service and advisory agency specialized in the cultural aspects of Climate Adaptation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n CCA offers services to everyone helping communities deal with the effects of climate change. As Cultural Researchers and experienced Cultural Workers we bring cultural understanding, creative ideas and artistic methods into urban transformation projects and help bridge the gap between climate science, technology and social well-being. Together with our partners, we work for fair and sustainable Climate Adaptation worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n If you are planning, <\/span>implementing<\/span>\u00a0or reviewing climate adaptation measures in urban environments, feel free to talk to us to learn more about our <\/span>approach<\/span><\/a><\/span> and projects<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> We have the missing pieces for your Climate Adaptation puzzle!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Approach<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLocal residents who understand their local context are best positioned to design and drive adaptive solutions.\u201d (Patrick Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast, 2019)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Climate change may be a global phenomenon, but the effects are felt locally. <\/span>In the Age of Loss and Damages communities are faced with severe transformative challenges. <\/span>Because no city is like any other, no challenge is like any other. Possibilities for and Limits to adaptation are locally and culturally specific. CCA therefore focuses on local co-creation and community involvement in all our services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cDisasters do not come from nature. They come from the choices we make to live and build in harm\u2019s way, or to force people to live in harm\u2019s way, without having the political power to help themselves deal with hazards. Disasters are avoided when everyone cares for everyone.\u201d (Ana Prados, NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, 2023.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n City administrations might not be able to stop global warming but they sure can change the way it affects their citizens. Urban adaptation measures can be highly disruptive, diminishing the quality of life and social resilience for many while safeguarding the livelihood for few. Or they can contribute to social cohesion and sense of identity and thus enhance the quality of urban life for all. By valuing local heritage in adaptation projects we can give agency to the communities affected.CCA uses formats like community gatherings, workshops, artistic interventions and public events like debates, exhibitions, concerts or city walks to bring together, encourage and educate citizens to seek agency in urban transformation processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cSocietal adaptation to climate is nothing new. The vicissitudes of climate have acted as significant stimuli throughout human history for social and technological innovation.\u201d (Neil Adger, University of Exeter, 2009)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Disruption, change, adaptation and transformation are constituencies of urban life, identity and history. They make up what we commonly refer to as our cultural heritage. This heritage of dealing with disaster and change is one of the most valuable and most neglected resources in climate adaptation. If adaptation measures are to be sustainable they need to start by acknowledging and understanding this resource. At CCA, we are academically trained cultural researchers with long professional experiences in working with cultural heritage, ready to help our customers recognize, understand and make use of cultural heritage in its many forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cAs long as climate protection measures are not designed to be culturally sensitive, they can not be optimally effective. Valuable cultural resources remain unused and climate protection is not viewed enough as a collective task.\u201d (German Climate Alliance, 2023)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a vast repository of \u201cclimate narratives\u201d (Amitav Ghosh) stored in our songs, customs, books and museums worldwide - public domain and free to use and share for all. But since culture is seldom recognized as a resource, this repository remains organized along cultural, national or economic lines. To activate the full potential of culture we need to organize, make available and share \u201cclimate narratives\u201d across professional and political borders - particularly between low-income and high-income populations. Developing strategies and common languages to cross these borders is essential and existential for our future well being. CCA creates collaboration and exchange between North and South, academia and civil society, specifically between natural science, humanities, welfare work, engineering, administration, NGOs and cultural institutions like local theaters, museums, archives and schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Approach<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cLocal residents who understand their local context are best positioned to design and drive adaptive solutions.\u201d (Patrick Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast, 2019)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Climate change may be a global phenomenon, but the effects are felt locally. <\/span>In the Age of Loss and Damages communities are faced with severe transformative challenges. <\/span>Because no city is like any other, no challenge is like any other. Possibilities for and Limits to adaptation are locally and culturally specific. CCA therefore focuses on local co-creation and community involvement in all our services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cSocietal adaptation to climate is nothing new. The vicissitudes of climate have acted as significant stimuli throughout human history for social and technological innovation.\u201d (Neil Adger, University of Exeter, 2009)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Disruption, change, adaptation and transformation are constituencies of urban life, identity and history. They make up what we commonly refer to as our cultural heritage. This heritage of dealing with disaster and change is one of the most valuable and most neglected resources in climate adaptation. If adaptation measures are to be sustainable they need to start by acknowledging and understanding this resource. At CCA, we are academically trained cultural researchers with long professional experiences in working with cultural heritage, ready to help our customers recognize, understand and make use of cultural heritage in its many forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cDisasters do not come from nature. They come from the choices we make to live and build in harm\u2019s way, or to force people to live in harm\u2019s way, without having the political power to help themselves deal with hazards. Disasters are avoided when everyone cares for everyone.\u201d (Ana Prados, NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, 2023.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n City administrations might not be able to stop global warming but they sure can change the way it affects their citizens. Urban adaptation measures can be highly disruptive, diminishing the quality of life and social resilience for many while safeguarding the livelihood for few. Or they can contribute to social cohesion and sense of identity and thus enhance the quality of urban life for all. By valuing local heritage in adaptation projects we can give agency to the communities affected.CCA uses formats like community gatherings, workshops, artistic interventions and public events like debates, exhibitions, concerts or city walks to bring together, encourage and educate citizens to seek agency in urban transformation processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u201cAs long as climate protection measures are not designed to be culturally sensitive, they can not be optimally effective. Valuable cultural resources remain unused and climate protection is not viewed enough as a collective task.\u201d (German Climate Alliance, 2023)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a vast repository of \u201cclimate narratives\u201d (Amitav Ghosh) stored in our songs, customs, books and museums worldwide - public domain and free to use and share for all. But since culture is seldom recognized as a resource, this repository remains organized along cultural, national or economic lines. To activate the full potential of culture we need to organize, make available and share \u201cclimate narratives\u201d across professional and political borders - particularly between low-income and high-income populations. Developing strategies and common languages to cross these borders is essential and existential for our future well being. CCA creates collaboration and exchange between North and South, academia and civil society, specifically between natural science, humanities, welfare work, engineering, administration, NGOs and cultural institutions like local theaters, museums, archives and schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Service<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> CCA - short for Cultural Climate Adaptation Services - is a commercial agency based in Germany and offering services worldwide to all parties involved in urban climate adaptation. We are a small team with an extensive network of partners in academia, culture and social welfare. Our partners are researchers, designers, artists, architects, psychologists, therapists, film makers and social workers. Our clients come from administration, real estate, philanthropy, culture or academia. 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