Ny rapport af UNESCO, UNEP og Union of Concerned Scientists viser, at mange steder på UNESCOs liste over verdensarv er truet af klimaforandringer.
De 31 steder er særligt udvalgt, men der er mange flere truede UNESCO-seværdigheder. Rapporten efterlyser bl.a. en omfattende vurdering af alle natur- og kulturperlerne.
Læs mere om rapporten her eller hent rapporten i linket under artiklen.
Her er listen over de 31 UNESCO-steder, der er undersøgt i rapporten.
Africa
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Namara, Tanzania
- Cape Floral Region, South Africa
- Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi
Arab World
- Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab), Lebanon
- Wadi Rum Protected Area, Jordan
- Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit and Oulatta, Mauritania
Asia Pacific
- Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Palau
- Hoi An Ancient Town, Viet Nam
- Shiretoko, Japan
- Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Philippines
- Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation
- East Rennell, Solomon Islands
North America
- Yellowstone National Park, USA
- Statue of Liberty, USA
- Old Town Lunenberg, Canada
- Mesa Verde National Park, USA
Latin America
- Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena, Colombia
- Coro and its Port, Venezuela
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- Huascarán National Park, Peru
- Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, Brazil
- Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Europe
- Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland, Denmark
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney; Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, UK
- Wadden Sea, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark
- Venice and its Lagoon, Italy
