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 impacts of climate change that have already been observed, and those that can be expected in the future. This is a foundation publication for the study of the effects of climate change that can be useful to experts as well as the general public. The original publication was funded by the United Nations Foundation and the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, while the third English edition and the translation and printing of the French and Spanish versions were made possible by a financial contribution from the Flemish and Spanish Funds-in-Trust.

■ Case Studies on Climate change and World Heritage(English)
■ Estudios de caso - Cambio climático y Patrimonio Mundial (Español)
■ Études de cas - Changement climatique et patrimoine mondial (Français)

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre

World Heritage Review n° 53 - available

The 'World Heritage Review', n° 53: World Heritage in Spain has just been published.



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UNESCO World Heritage Centre: New publication

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has just published the following publication:

World heritage and buffer zones / Patrimoine mondial et zones tampon. International expert meeting on World Heritage and Buffer Zones, Davos, Switzerland 11-14 March 2008. Edited by Oliver Martin and Giovanna Piatti. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2009. 199 p. (World Heritage Papers; 25)

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Table of contents:

- Foreword, preface and introduction
- Position papers of Advisory Bodies, World Heritage Centre and other Programmes and Conventions
- Case studies presented by participating experts
- Final report of the Expert Meeting
- Presentation of the Results of the Meeting at the 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee, Québec-City, Canada (2008)
- Decision 32 COM 7.1

UNESCO World Heritage Centre: New publications online

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has just published two new publications, available in PDF in their website:

- World Heritage Papers n° 23: Enhancing our heritage toolkit, assessing management effectiveness of natural World Heritage Sites(Download)

- World Heritage Papers n° 24: Rock Art in the Caribbean: Towards a serial transnational nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List (Download)

UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage Properties

The "Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage properties", adopted by the 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, has been published in English and French.

The document was prepared with the participation of relevant climate change experts and practitioners of heritage conservation and management, appropriate international organizations and civil society, and was also endorsed by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session in 2007.

The document touches on synergies between conventions on the issue; identification of future research needs in this area, legal questions on the role of the World Heritage Convention with regard to suitable responses to Climate Change, and linkages to other UN and international bodies dealing with the issues of climate change.

The document can be downloaded below and elsewhere on this website. A printed copy can be requested by writing to wh-info@unesco.org.

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Parution du document d'orientation sur le changement climatique et les sites du patrimoine mondial

Le « Document d'orientation sur les impacts du changement climatique sur les biens du patrimoine mondial » adopté par la 16è Assemblée générale des Etats parties à la Convention du patrimoine mondial a été publié en anglais et en français.

Ce document a été préparé avec la participation d'experts en changement climatique et de praticiens de la conservation et la gestion du patrimoine, ainsi que la contribution d'organisations internationales appropriées et de la société civile. Il a été avalisé par le Comité du patrimoine mondial lors de sa 31è session en 2007.

Ce document traite des synergies existant entre les différentes conventions sur cette question, de l'identification des futurs besoins dans le domaine de la recherche, des questions juridiques sur le rôle de la Convention du patrimoine mondial en regard des réponses adéquates face au changement climatique, et des liens avec les autres organes des Nations Unies et organismes internationaux traitant de cette problématique.

Le document peut être téléchargé en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous. Un exemplaire peut également être demandé en écrivant à wh-info@unesco.org

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre website