First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts

First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts

Nearly all of UNESCO’s more than 2,200 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks have already endured climate extremes over the past two decades. That’s according to initial data from the first ever global biodiversity and climate assessment unveiled at the UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China, from Sept. 22-26. The initial data were launched at a side event of the congress, ahead of the report’s full …