Outputs & Results
DACCHE developed solutions to empower heritage organisations and local communities to motivate behavioural changes and digital action on climate change.
Inspiring behavioural changes
DACCHE created frameworks and tools for community-driven monitoring of heritage sites as well as guidance on creating climate stories using heritage as a starting point. Here you can download toolkits and other resources which were developed through the project. One of the outcomes of the project was the exhibition "Gaskelaante - the land in between" which used cutting edge XR technology to let the visitors experience a cultural landscape with all its dimensions. Down below you get a sneak peak of the work behind the scenes and the impact of the exhibition.
Toolkits
Here you can find the toolkits which have been developed through the project, supporting heritage organisations and others in community work, communicating climate stories and advocating for heritage perspectives in the green transition.
Monitoring and mapping toolkit.pdf
This toolkit supports heritage organisations and others who wants to engage with their local community on the topic of cultural heritage and climate change. It is mainly written towards organisations with small resources in terms of staff and funding, and towards organisations who are in the beginning of their work with climate change and heritage.
Climate Change Communication Toolkit
This toolkit supports heritage organisations, tourism SMEs, educators, and community partners in communicating climate change through cultural heritage. It begins from the idea that climate change becomes more meaningful when it is connected to specific places, landscapes, objects, practices, memories, and futures. Rather than starting with technology, the toolkit encourages organisations to begin with story: what is changing, who and what is affected, and what forms of dialogue, care, or action the story might inspire. Drawing on the DACCHE project and the exhibition Gaskelaante – the land in between, the toolkit provides a flexible framework for developing climate heritage stories, choosing appropriate digital methods, designing participatory experiences, and evaluating impact. It includes guidance on transmedia storytelling, immersive and non-immersive digital tools, stakeholder involvement, practical implementation, sustainability, and long-term reuse of digital assets.
Green Transition Comprehensive Approach
This toolkit and advocacy pack supports communities, regions, organisations, and stakeholder groups who want to take part in conversations about green transition and energy infrastructure development. It recognises that renewable energy is necessary, but that green transition decisions also reshape landscapes, livelihoods, cultural heritage, rights, tourism, local identities, and future possibilities. The pack focuses on how communities can build voice, gather evidence, understand authority and power, engage with decision-makers, and participate meaningfully before decisions become difficult to change. Using the Fosen wind farm case as a cautionary example, it highlights the importance of early dialogue, cultural rights, local knowledge, stakeholder inclusion, and fair process. Rather than offering a simple “to do” list, the pack provides reassurance that communities can make a difference when they organise, document what matters, build alliances, and ask informed questions. It includes practical worksheets for mapping green infrastructure impacts, identifying stakeholders, preparing for meetings, responding to consultations, and tracking accountability.
Using cultural heritage as a stepping stone for sustainable tourism
This framework presents the learnings from the DACCHE project on how heritage can be used as a resource when developing sustainable tourism experiences. It introduces five ways in which heritage can be used as a stepping stone for sustainable tourism: - Use cultural heritage to make visitors reflect and inspire behavioural changes - Use intangible cultural heritage to a larger extent - Use cultural heritage to create slow and sustainable experiences - Use cultural heritage and the landscape to create learning experiences - Use cultural heritage and the landscape as a starting point for collaboration The framework gives guidance on key questions to ask yourself if you want to engage with cultural heritage while developing new visitor experiences, and also lists resources available to dive further into each subject.
Reports
Here you can find documentation of the DACCHE working process.
Community workshop report
Here you can find documentation of the work that the project has been doing with community workshops.
Best practice on climate stories.pdf
Here we present our learnings from creating the Gaskelaante exhibition on the topic of climate change and cultural environments.
Best practice on monitoring, adaptation and advocacy for cultural landscapes - pilot actions from the DACCHE project.pdf
As part of the DACCHE project’s work on Green Transition: A Comprehensive Approach, the project carried out pilot advocacy actions designed to support community voice, stakeholder dialogue, and awareness of how climate change and green transition affect cultural landscapes. This report summarises these pilot actions.
Proceedings from Our Shared Futures.pdf
Here you can find documentation of DACCHE's final conference Our Shared Future which took place 25 - 26 March 2026. Themes covered the role of museums and heritage today and in the future, how to use XR to enhance a museum experience, how to empower heritage communities and how to understand landscapes as a concept.
Northern Youth Manifesto
The Northern Youth Manifesto incorporates the voice of young people - their views on climate change and the future of the world. It takes its lead from Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which states - I have the right to be listened to and taken seriously. In the DACCHE project it was important that we listen to and hear young people. Using the principle of the “voice of the child” this Manifesto represents the voices of the young people that we heard during the DACCHE project through workshops in Donegal and Sweden. These voices are represented by the words and artwork that comprise this Manifesto.