Museums for better futures - taking action for sustainable development
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Fellow’s Profile
Henry McGhie
Fellow’s Profile
Henry McGhie
Museum partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Creating a framework for museums to support sustainable development and the Paris Agreement
Countries
Fellowship year
2020
Locality
North West
Biography
I am an independent professional and consultant, working on museums and sustainable development challenges, including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate action and the Paris Agreement, nature conservation, disaster risk reduction, and human rights and rights-based approaches.
My Fellowship is about exploring how museums in different countries are approaching sustainable development challenges, going beyond simple presentation of issues to being part of governance systems that address sustainable development challenges. I have been fascinated by nature my whole life, and through a long chain of developments have been working to support museums and their partners to contribute more effectively to sustainable development, as places that bridge the gap between policy agendas and people's lived experience. I've written freely available guides on museums and disaster risk reduction, and museums and human rights as a basis for public service.
Ideas
Activity
Human rights: the last 75 years and the next
December 10th marks International Human Rights Day, the date on which the Universal Declaration was adopted by the United Nations. This year’s Human Rights Day is especially momentous, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the Declaration.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Sustainability lessons from history to help build a better world
By Henry McGhie, 2023
June 2023 Fellow's update: Henry McGhie
Principal/Director Henry McGhie (CF 2020) was awarded an outreach grant from the British Ecological Society (£1,900) for design costs for an open-access guide on the new Global Biodiversity Framework. He has also joined the steering committee of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UK-ADR), which aims to promote partnerships and collaborations for Disaster Risk Reduction. Henry also made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, who had a call out on culture and cultural rights in sustainable development. He also made a submission to the UN inquiry on progress on the Paris Agreement, called the Global Stocktake, to make recommendations on how to accelerate and scale-up climate action. Henry presented a poster at the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Empowering Museums to Empower Others through ACE.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Building a culture of peace in harmony with nature, one museum at a time
By Henry McGhie, 2023
COP26, climate action and cultural institutions
By Henry McGhie, 2021
Sustainable development and museums
By Henry McGhie, 2020
Acknowledgements
IRIDES, Tohoku University; Bosai Forum; Sendai City Council; Fukushima Disaster Museum; Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; Mount Unzen Geopark and Museum; Kobe Earthquake Museum
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Activity
Human rights: the last 75 years and the next
December 10th marks International Human Rights Day, the date on which the Universal Declaration was adopted by the United Nations. This year’s Human Rights Day is especially momentous, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the Declaration.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Sustainability lessons from history to help build a better world
By Henry McGhie, 2023
June 2023 Fellow's update: Henry McGhie
Principal/Director Henry McGhie (CF 2020) was awarded an outreach grant from the British Ecological Society (£1,900) for design costs for an open-access guide on the new Global Biodiversity Framework. He has also joined the steering committee of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UK-ADR), which aims to promote partnerships and collaborations for Disaster Risk Reduction. Henry also made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, who had a call out on culture and cultural rights in sustainable development. He also made a submission to the UN inquiry on progress on the Paris Agreement, called the Global Stocktake, to make recommendations on how to accelerate and scale-up climate action. Henry presented a poster at the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Empowering Museums to Empower Others through ACE.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Building a culture of peace in harmony with nature, one museum at a time
By Henry McGhie, 2023
COP26, climate action and cultural institutions
By Henry McGhie, 2021
Sustainable development and museums
By Henry McGhie, 2020
Acknowledgements
IRIDES, Tohoku University; Bosai Forum; Sendai City Council; Fukushima Disaster Museum; Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; Mount Unzen Geopark and Museum; Kobe Earthquake Museum
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
