Cultural heritage

Home to the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and other priceless masterpieces, the world-famous Louvre Museum is all too aware of the need to fend off natural hazards.

World Heritage No. 74, December 2014

This issue of World Heritage illustrates, through some particularly telling examples, how risks to heritage can be reduced and how, following a disaster, heritage can be used as a driver for rebuilding the social

As Governments prepare their final round of negotiations to agree on a coherent response to the climate crisis in Paris during COP21, the conference 'Resilience in a time of uncertainty: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change' is bringing together scientists, decision makers and indigenous peoples to share their knowledge and solutions on 26-27 November 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters...

The role of the world's more than 370 million indigenous peoples in fighting climate change has been largely ignored in national plans to curb planet-warming emissions issued ahead of upcoming U.N. climate talks. The Rights and Resources Initiative found only a handful of governments included indigenous land and forest management as part of their climate strategies submitted to the UN...

Mayors from the 250-member strong Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) have called for member cities to include protection of cultural heritage in disaster risk management plans as set out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

This report presents observations and recommendations obtained from bottom up, participatory assessments with local communities from Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Panama, Paraguay, Russia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa and Uganda, within the Community

Around the world, extreme weather and rising seas linked to climate change are presenting a growing threat not just to lives and homes but to cultures who fear the loss of their entire nations. For Pakistan's Kalasha, struggling to preserve their culture is nothing new. Their sturdy traditional home construction helped them to survive the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Hindu Kush on 26 October...

Non-official, non-UN language translations:

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks: (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii)