At least four of the new World Heritage sites designated by UNESCO at the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee this week are under serious threat from climate change. Read more >
Panorama of the town of Keswick, nestled between the fells of Skiddaw and Derwent Water in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Photo: David Iliff CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikicommons)
New World Heritage Sites Already Under Threat From Climate Change
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
July 11, 2017 9:07 AM EDT
Cedar Mesa Citadel ruins in Bears Ears National Monument. One of thousands of tribal cultural and archaeological sites there. Photo: U.S. Bureau of Land Management
President Trump’s Assault on the Antiquities Act Signals Trouble for National Parks and Monuments
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
April 26, 2017 3:38 PM EDT
Without the Antiquities Act, now under attack by the Trump administration as part of its strategy to roll-back environmental protections and open public lands to increased exploitation for coal, oil and minerals, we might never have had the benefit of the Grand Canyon, Olympic or Acadia national parks. An attack on national monuments is an attack on us all, and the histories we share. Read more >
Extreme rainfall events have severely damaged the adobe church at Tumacácori National Historic Park in Arizona. Photo: NPS
How Will the National Park Service Protect America’s Heritage from Climate Change?
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
January 6, 2017 12:01 PM EDT
The National Park Service has released an ambitious new strategy to manage the nation’s cultural resources in a rapidly changing climate. Read more >
Arctic Breaks Many Records – Arctic Report Card 2016
Brenda Ekwurzel, senior climate scientist
December 13, 2016 2:00 PM EDT
Since 2006, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an annual peer-reviewed assessment of the Arctic. The tenth assessment was released on December 13, 2016. Arctic Report Card 2016 is remarkable for two reasons.
World Heritage Sites Among Many Cultural Resources Threatened by Climate Change
, Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
November 12, 2014 11:00 AM EDT
The last time I attended a World Parks Congress, 20 years ago in Venezuela, there was scarcely a mention of climate change. Back then, it was seen by conservationists as largely a problem they would have to deal with in the future. Well I’m sorry to say that the future is here, and so are the consequences of climate change. Read more >
