Creative Australia, 03 September 2025, Australia

Australian festivals are under pressure as climate change and extreme weather impact audience attendance and increase costs. This report examines the climate challenges of two nonprofit community festivals, and their adaptation strategies.

UNESCO, 19 August 2025, International

The publication, Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding and Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific, features fifteen case studies highlight the diverse strategies communities are using to draw on their intangible cultural heritage to lessen the effects of climate change and promote sustainability in Asia-Pacific region.

UNESCO, 31 July 2025, International

UNESCO shares a report on the cultural, social, economic, and environmental impact of arts and cultural festivals in nine southern African countries.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 31 July 2025, Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland commissioned Simetrica-Jacobs, in partnership with Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy (TFCC), to estimate the social and economic return of ACNI’s investment in the arts sector in Northern Ireland. This work seeks to help raise awareness about the value of the arts in Northern Ireland, and provide a framework for organisations to understand and measure their own…

UN Human Rights Office, 30 July 2025, International

The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 55/5. Following her previous report, on the digitalization of cultural heritage (A/HRC/58/60), the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, turns her attention to the ways in which artificial intelligence restricts creativity in all its dimensions.

British Council, 24 July 2025, International

From telling stories that seed future breakthroughs to diversifying AI datasets, artists reimagine what technologies can be, and who they can be for. This publication creates an international evidence base for this argument. 56 leaders in art and technology have offered 40 statements, spanning 20 countries and 5 continents. As a collection, they articulate artists, the cultural sector and creativ…