Climate change and heritage among the issues discussed at COP 15

• The University of Sankore (Mali) threatened by encroaching desert sand © F. Bandarin / UNESCO

The potential impact of climate change can compromise the integrity of the 890 World Heritage Sites which are acknowledged cultural and natural treasures of our planet.
It is mainly with a view to managing this change that the heads of 192 States parties to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change are meeting in Copenhagen (from 7 to 18 December). Heritage Conservation is among the topics of the collective reflection being conducted on this occasion.

• Endangered World Heritage Sites:
  Case Studies on Climate Change
• Getting in touch with vulnerable communities:
  How they respond through rituals and spirituality
• Copenhagen 2009 :
  Fifteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference
• UNESCO and Climate Change:
  A priority

Further reading: 

• World Heritage Review n°42: Climate Change

• 07-12-2009