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  • Climate Change and World Heritage
    The issue of the impacts of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2005 by a group of concerned organisations and individuals. The World Heritage Committee requested ...

  • UNESCO Director General’s Statement on Climate Change and World Heritage
    Below is the message given by the Director General delivered at the Press Conference of the 12th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya (6-17 November 2006):One of the major challenges of our society is coping with climate ...

  • Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage
    Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French and Spanish. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the ...

  • Development of Policy Document on Impacts of Climate Change and World Heritage
    At its 30th session in July 2006, the World Heritage Committee endorsed the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage" and the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses", which were prepared following a ...

  • OWHC Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities
    Reconciling Heritage Conservation and Urban Development The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) holds a specific responsibility for the promotion and implementation of the World Heritage Convention in its Member Cities.Given this responsibility and based on the ...

  • Working Group Meeting to Develop the Draft Policy Paper on Impacts of Climate Change on World ...
    By its decision 30 COM 7.1 the World Heritage Committee endorsed the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses" and took note of the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage", which were ...

  • World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage
    In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage." ...

  • World Heritage Review Focuses on Climate Change
    The 42nd issue of the World Heritage Review, published in June 2006, focuses on the issues of climate change and World Heritage Sites.  A background on the issues is given in a feature article which discusses coral reefs under threat, rising sea levels, storms and ‘extreme ...