Climate Change as a Threat to Peace

Sabine von Schorlemer, Saxon State Minister for Higher Education, Research and the Fine Arts, is chair holder of the UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the Faculty of Law at the Technische Universität Dresden.Sylvia Maus is researcher and scientific coordinator at the UNESCO Chair in International Relations, at the Technische Universität Dresden.

• Contents: Sabine von Schorlemer/Sylvia Maus: Reflections on Climate Change, Heritage and Peace – Bernd von Droste zu Hülshoff: Man-made Climate Change: A Major Challenge for World Heritage Conservation – Gunter Pleuger: Climate Change as a Threat to International Peace - The Role of the UN Security Council – Franziska Knur: The United Nations Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change - Introducing a Human Dimension to International Climate Law – Michael Turner/Rachel Singer: Urban Resilience in Climate Change – Roger-Alexandre Lefèvre: The Impact of Climate Change on Slow Degradation of Monuments in Contrast to Extreme Events – Reza Ardakanian/Stephan Hülsmann: Impact of Global Change on World Heritage and on Environmental Resources: The Need for an Integrated Management Approach – Elizabeth Longworth: The Culture of Prevention: Heritage and Resilience – Guido Carducci: What Consideration is Given to Climate and to Climate Change in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage and Property Conventions? – Federico Lenzerini: Protecting the Tangible, Safeguarding the Intangible: A Same Conventional Model for Different Needs – Alessandro Chechi: The Cultural Dimension of Climate Change: Some Remarks on the Interface between Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Law – Birgitta Ringbeck: World Cultural Heritage Sites and Climate Change: Management Issues – Roland Bernecker: Concluding Remarks.