UNESCO's solutions for climate change impact on culture
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2489
UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based solutions and strategies. UNESCO is at the forefront of collecting data and evidence concerning climate change's impact on culture. Through the World Heritage Canopy platform, heritage-based solutions for Sustainable Futures including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as SDG13 - ...
UNESCO technical mission to visit Valparaiso World Heritage site in Chile and provide management recommendations
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2490
This expert mission is part of the collaboration offered by the Director-General of UNESCO during her official visit to the World Heritage site "Historic District of the Port City of Valparaíso", which took place in May 2022.
The objective is to provide the Chilean Government and the Municipal Corporation for the Administration of the World Heritage Site with technical advice to help guide future practices and strategies for the management, conservation and protection of the ...
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2488
New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise in global temperatures does not exceed 1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial period. This will be a major challenge for COP27.
50 UNESCO World Heritage sites are home to glaciers (A total of 18,600 glaciers have been identified in these 50 sites, covering around 66,000 ...
"Act local to go global?: the World Heritage Cities Programme celebrates World Cities Day 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2487
The 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) is a perfect herald for the theme of the 2022 World Cities Day, "Act local to go global?. The HUL Recommendation provides a global approach based on shared principles and tools that supports historic cities in developing sustainable urban models adapted to local conditions.
In line with this vision, the World Heritage Cities Programme, as the Secretariat of the HUL Recommendation, is a global network of focal ...
Ministers from Central Africa launch a Call to Action to improve the representation of African cultural and natural heritage on the World Heritage List
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2486
Gathered in Yaoundé (Cameroon) at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon, the ministers and experts in charge of World Heritage from eight countries in Central Africa (Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Sao Tomé and Principe) called on UNESCO and its partners, including the African World Heritage Fund, to support them in implementing concrete measures to strengthen their institutional capacity and professional ...
UNESCO sends emergency missions to Moenjodaro and Makli, Pakistan
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2484
Following the visit of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Antonio Guterres to the World Heritage site of Moenjodaro on 8 September 2022, two experts designated by UNESCO jointly with the national authorities will start their emergency missions to Archaeological Ruins of Moenjodaro and to Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta, two World Heritage properties in Pakistan which have been heavily damaged by the recent natural disaster.
From 24 and 25 October 2022 respectively, an ...
UNESCO supports sustainable tourism in Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, Georgia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2485
UNESCO and the Development Fund of Protected Areas (DFPA) of Georgia have signed an agreement to support sustainable tourism and heritage conservation activities in Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (Georgia) World Heritage site.
The partnership between UNESCO and DFPA, worth around US$ 150 000, will support Georgia's sustainable tourism recovery through enhancing visitor management and raising awareness of the outstanding universal value of the property, which was Georgia's first ...
At UNESCO, President Zelensky officially announces Odesa's candidacy to receive World Heritage status
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2481
President Zelensky made official the candidacy of the historic centre of Odesa for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List in a speech to the Organization's Executive Board on Tuesday afternoon. Receiving the application, Audrey Azoulay, the Organization's Director-General, stressed that "this initiative marks confidence in UNESCO's protection mechanisms.?
President Zelensky made the announcement in a pre-recorded video message to the 58 Member States of ...
Technical Meeting on the development of the Dive into Heritage digital platform
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2482
On 29 and 30 September 2022, UNESCO organised the second online meeting for UNESCO's Dive into Heritage project, with the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
UNESCO is currently developing the "Dive into Heritage? platform, an online tool to make World Heritage and its related intangible heritage more accessible to the general public through digital data. During its pilot phase the project will focus on the Arab States region and will later be extended to other regions.
On 12 ...
UNESCO exhibition showcasing 50 years of World Heritage
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2480
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of 1972 World Heritage Convention, UNESCO is exhibiting a collection of images of World Heritage sites.
More than one hundred outstanding photographs are displayed around the UNESCO gates, offering a unique panorama of the diversity of the World Heritage sites. A selection of works by the photographer Yan Bighetti de Flogny, retracing his journey of exploration "Al Safar, In the footsteps of Ibn Battuta" in collaboration with UNESCO and ...
