Cultural heritage

Preserving Legacies, a National Geographic Society project dedicated to safeguarding global natural and cultural heritage sites from climate change impacts, was awarded the Local Adaptation Champion Award for Citizen Science at COP30.

At the edge of Salem’s harbor, caretakers face a race against rising seas and intensifying storms to protect a landmark bound up in America’s literary and colonial past.

Neuwerk (Germany), a small tidal island in the Wadden Sea and part of ICLEI Member City Hamburg, is becoming a valuable example of how remote communities can build resilience to climate change.

This work aims to develop a methodological framework to evaluate the multi-scale impact of function relocation in Historical Urban Built Environments (HUBEs) assessing users' vulnerability and exposure.

A year after record-breaking Hurricane Beryl, the Caribbean is still reeling – but on one island, defiant traditions are fuelling its climate resilience.

The new episode aims to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding living heritage in the face of disasters. It also introduces the core concepts of disaster risk reduction and intangible cultural heritage into schools across the Pacific region.

This study investigates the disaster-prevention adaptability of traditional temple (TT) spaces in the Longmen Mountain Area of Sichuan Province, due to their long-term survival in hazardous environments.

Nearly a quarter (24%) of public and private properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places fall within counties with high or very high wildfire risk.