World Heritage and Tourism report shows sites at risk from climate change

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Venezia. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites, according to the report “World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate” released May 27,2016, by UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)…

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