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Coping with environmental challenges: Climate and biodiversity action in UNESCO designated sites
UNESCO side event at the Highlevel political forum on Sustainable Development 6 July 2021 01300300 pm CESTRegistration Programme Climate change is a threat multiplier the impacts of pandemics like COVID19 are likely to be exacerbated by climate change as are extreme climate events biodiversity loss and the water crisis In fact the most prominent risks to humanity are climate action failure and extreme weather events according to the 2021 Global Risk Report We cannot afford to fail and thankfully we have solutions to put us on the right path We know that biodiversity and climate change are strongly interlinked climate action must go hand in hand with biodiversity protection UNESCOs unique global network of designated sites are important models for building resilience to climate change and reconciling people and nature Through them UNESCO combines science policy and concrete solutions in addition to providing policy guidance to its Member States on the impacts of climate change This unique network of over 2000 sites around the world 1121 World Heritage sites 714 Biosphere Reserves and 169 UNESCO Global Geoparks covering 6 of the Earths landmass is accelerating local sustainable solutions through participatory governance and the combination of natural sciences social sciences humanities education culture and communication? ?
