Cultural heritage

This report offers valuable insights to support evidence-based actions for integrating culture and heritage into disaster risk management and climate action mechanisms in Southern Africa.

One of the best-preserved Spanish colonial towns in Asia that was damaged in a huge earthquake in the Philippines is being repaired with an eye to reducing the impact of future disasters.

From 17 to 20 October, Venice hosted an EU MODEX, which for the first time in its history, thanks to PROCULTHER-NET and the European consortium running the exercise, included a dedicated team and one expert embedded in the EUCPT to protect cultural assets

Irina Pavlova, UNESCO Project Officer, delves into how cultural and natural heritage can be harnessed as dynamic resources in building community resilience against the increasing threat of natural hazards in Europe.

The aim of this paper is to analyze how the integrated understanding of climate change and disaster risk reduction policies can contribute to building climate resilience of cultural heritage sites by reviewing the key themes emerging from the literature.

Libraries play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction by protecting cultural heritage, providing shelter, and offering critical information. DRR also urges libraries to reduce climate impacts and support social-emotional wellbeing in communities.

For millennia, civilizations knew how to shelter humans in hot and dry climates. To prepare for an even hotter future, designers today could learn from cultures throughout history.

This open access book demonstrates how the latest advances in creative arts, intelligent systems and climate science can be integrated and leveraged to transform the visualisation of extreme event scenarios.