Speicherstadt and the adjacent Kontorhaus district are two densely built urban areas in the centre of the port city of Hamburg. Speicherstadt, originally developed on a group of narrow islands in the ...

A new report by UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF offers the most comprehensive analysis ...

UNESCO has launched the Guidance on Wind and Solar Energy Projects in a World Heritage Context, which is the updated and extended version of an existing online Guidance which was focusing first on ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...

With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is ...

National stakeholders, development partners, and experts gathered to reflect on progress, share insights, and plan future ...

In recent years, UNESCO has made considerable and targeted efforts to support its African Member States. Since 2021, three ...

On the occasion of the International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, UNESCO welcomes the joint ...

At the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, two other African sites are being removed from the List of World ...

The gathering, organized by UNESCO, was also a space where traditional artists identified the similarities and specificities ...

Beyond preserving sites, UNESCO also aims to build a wide network of local heritage experts to develop African nominations.

The Gender Equality and Equity Focus Group created space for honest conversations around lived experiences of inequality in ...