News: Granary of Solutions platform launches to boost global sustainable initiatives. Read it here.
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19. Culture, cultural heritage protection and climate action
Heritage-based adaptation planning integrates cultural heritage risk assessments and Indigenous and local knowledge into national adaptation plans (NAPs), nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and city plans. It prioritizes preventive conservation, resilient retrofits, and traditional practices to reduce heat, flood and storm risks for sites and living heritage.
How this solutions relates to the action agenda
Axis: Fostering Human & Social Development
Key Objective: 19. Culture, cultural heritage protection and climate action
Cultural heritage underpins identity, economies and social cohesion, yet many heritage cities already face multiple climate hazards. Embedding heritage and ILK in adaptation cycles aligns with the Global Goal on Adaptation’s cultural heritage target and scales via UNESCO–ICOMOS–ICCROM toolkits. It safeguards sites and living heritage, reduces losses through prevention, and unlocks co-benefits in urban cooling, risk awareness and equitable, locally led resilience.
Sources:
[1] UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2025, Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities. https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2789', '[2] UNFCCC, 2024, 2024 NDC Synthesis Report. https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/2024-ndc-synthesis-report', '[3] World Bank and GFDRR, 2019, Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/06/19/42-trillion-can-be-saved-by-investing-in-more-resilient-infrastructure-new-world-bank-report'
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