"The contributions collected in this volume stem from an international conference entitled Climate Change as a Threat to Peace: Impacts on Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diversity, hosted by the German Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the Technische Universität Dresden."--ECIP galley. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Reflections on climate change, heritage and peace / Sabine von Schorlemer & Sylvia Maus -- Man-made climate change : a major challenge for world heritage conservation / Bernd von Droste zu Hülshoff -- Climate change as a threat to international peace : the role of the UN Security Council / Gunter Pleuger -- The United Nations human rights-based approach to climate change : introducing a human dimension to international climate law / Franziska Knur -- Urban resilience in climate change / Michael Turner & Rachel Singer -- The impact of climate change on slow degradation of monuments in contrast to extreme events / Roger-Alexandre Lefèvre -- Impact of global change on world heritage and on environmental resources : the need for an integrated management approach / Reza Ardakanian & Stephan Hülsmann -- The culture of prevention : heritage and resilience / Elizabeth Longworth -- What consideration is given to climate and to climate change in the UNESCO cultural heritage and property conventions? / Guido Carducci -- Protecting the tangible, safeguarding the intangible : a same conventional model for different needs / Federico Lenzerini -- The cultural dimension of climate change : some remarks on the interface between cultural heritage and climate change law / Alessandro Chechi -- World cultural heritage sites and climate change : management issues / Birgitta Ringbeck -- Concluding remarks / Roland Bernecker.
Series:
Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik der Vereinten Nationen, 1862-443X ; Band 19
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