ABSTRACT

Since Decision 29 COM 7B.a of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2005, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies have been tackling the threats posed by climate change to cultural and natural World Heritage properties. Great attention is paid to impacts and projected risks, and hence vulnerability assessment, risk preparedness, awareness raising, monitoring, adaptation and mitigation, but very little attention is paid to development in World Heritage properties and their buffer zones. While it is important to prevent loss and damage and to protect attributes of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) identified in the past, this article argues that integrating climate action into the planning of future development is also important to implement global agendas. It proposes operationalising the concept of compatibility in World Heritage Climate Change Policy to proactively promote climate-resilient, energy-efficient and low-emissions new development projects that are compatible with their local contexts not only to engage States Parties in climate action, but also to prevent adverse effects on ‘integrity’ including attributes of OUV. This article, therefore, puts forward new thinking and proposes new directions for policy and practice.

摘要

自 2005 年联合国教科文组织世界遗产委员会第 29 COM 7B.a 号决定以来，世界遗产中心和咨询机构一直在应对气候变化对世界文化和自然遗产构成的威胁。人们非常关注影响和预计的风险，因此关注脆弱性评估、风险准备、意识提高、监测、适应和缓解，但很少关注世界遗产及其缓冲区的开发。虽然防止损失和损害以及保护过去确定的突出普遍价值 (OUV) 的属性很重要，但本文认为，将气候行动纳入未来发展规划对于实施全球议程也很重要。它建议在世界遗产气候变化政策中实施兼容性概念，以积极推动适应当地环境的气候适应型、节能型和低排放新发展项目，不仅让缔约国参与气候行动，而且防止对“完整性”的不利影响，包括突出普遍价值的属性。因此，本文提出了新的思路，为政策和实践提出了新的方向。