Henry McGhie runs the UK-based consultancy Curating Tomorrow, empowering museums and their partners to contribute to sustainable development agendas, including the SDGs, climate action, biodiversity conservation, human rights and Disaster Risk Reduction. He works internationally, with museum organisations and museums, providing training and development, contributing to exhibition development, and bringing people and big-picture agendas together. He was involved in the inclusion of museums and cultural institutions in the new Glasgow Work Programme, the public-facing aspect of the Paris Agreement. He is co-editor of two books on climate change communication, and writes a series of open-access guides on sustainable development topics for cultural institutions.
Henry McGhie
Museum consultant (sustainable development agendas)
Country: UK
Cohort: CCL Creative Europe Wales 2017
“Anyone can be creative, and take a lead on climate action, whether in their own life or with others. The work of the cultural sector is to remove the barriers that prevent people from doing so. Knowledge, motivation and practical skills are all essential.”