World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses.

Background

• Introduction
• Overview of climate change

Predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage

• Impacts of climate change on natural and cultural World Heritage
• Implications for the World Heritage Convention
• What can be done with respect to climate change and World Heritage?

Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate
management responses

• Preamble: Objectives and requirements
• Preventive actions
• Corrective actions: Management, adaptation, and risk management
• Collaboration, cooperation, and sharing best practices and knowledge
• Legal issues

Conclusion and steps ahead