Climate Change Impacts on Cultural and Natural Heritage (CCICH)

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General

Name of initiative	Climate Change Impacts on Cultural and Natural Heritage (CCICH)
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	Yes
Website address
Related initiatives
Starting year	2019
End year
Secretariat	Coordination Unit as appointed by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Georgios Kremlis e-mail: fm.coordunit@gsco.gov.gr
Organisational structure	Greek Government, Greece, UNESCO, UNFCCC, WMO
Geographical coverage	Global
Name of lead organisation	Climate Change Impacts on Cultural and Natural Heritage (CCICH)
Type of lead organisation	United Nations or Specialised agency
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	Greece

Description

Description	Greece, with the supporting partnership of UNESCO and the WMO (World Meteorological Organization), launched at the Climate Action Summit 2019 the proposal “Addressing climate change impacts on cultural and natural heritage", inviting the UN member states to support the protection of cultural and natural heritage from the impact of climate change by mainstreaming this protection into climate change policies and/or processes, in line with the related Paris Agreement objectives and commitments and the SDGs, and taking into account policies and recommendations by UNESCO.
Objectives	All countries sign up to: 1) Accelerate practical action and cooperation schemes to adapt cultural and natural heritage to the adverse effects of climate change; 2) Create strategies/ mechanisms to promote research; 3) Foster scientific studies and research methodologies aimed at understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of knowledge of disaster risk.
Activities	All countries sign up to: 1) Accelerate practical action and cooperation schemes to adapt cultural and natural heritage to the adverse effects of climate change; 2) Create strategies/ mechanisms to promote research; 3) Foster scientific studies and research methodologies aimed at understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of knowledge of disaster risk.
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

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How will goals be achieved	A flexible mechanism that will promote and accelerate the implementation of practical actions and cooperation schemes of the initiative has been created with the participation of representatives from Greece, UNESCO and WMO. Continuous operation of a Coordination Unit, located in the Academy of Athens, to support, inter alia, the work of the Flexible Mechanism, implement its decisions and promote the proposal’s objectives. Development and maintenance of a database to map and digitize the selected sites and including information regarding the risks, studies and best practices, strategies, measures and actions, as well as identification of gaps in knowledge and policies. Creation of Working Groups on scientific, monitoring, adaptation interventions and dissemination aspects of the CCICH.
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants	Number	Names
Members	93
Companies	0
Business organisations	0
Research and educational organisations	0
Non-governmental organisations	0
National states	93	Albania,  Algeria,  Andorra,  Armenia,  Austria,  Azerbaijan,  Bangladesh,  Belarus,  Bolivia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Brazil,  Bulgaria,  Cabo Verde,  Canada,  Chile,  Cook Island,  Croatia,  Cuba,  Cyprus,  Czechia,  Denmark,  Dominican Republic,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  Finland,  France,  Gabon,  Georgia,  Germany,  Greece,  Grenada,  Guatemala,  Haiti,  Honduras,  Hungary,  Iran,  Iraq,  Ireland,  Israel,  Italy,  Jamaica,  Kenya,  Kuwait,  Kyrgyzstan,  Lebanon,  Libya,  Luxembourg,  Madagascar,  Mali,  Malta,  Mauritania,  Mexico,  Mongolia,  Morocco,  Mozambique,  Netherlands,  Nicaragua,  North Macedonia,  Norway,  Pakistan,  Panama,  Peru,  Poland,  Portugal,  Qatar,  South Korea,  Romania,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  San Marino,  Saudi Arabia,  Serbia,  Seychelles,  Singapore,  Slovakia,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sri Lanka,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  Syria,  Togo,  Tunisia,  United Arab Emirates,  United K.,  USA,  Uruguay,  Uzbekistan,  Vietnam,  Zimbabwe.
Governmental actors	0
Regional / state / county actors	0
City / municipal actors	0
Intergovernmental organisations	0
Financial Institutions	0
Faith based organisations	0
Other members	0
Supporting partners	0
Number of members in the years
Have only national states as participators	No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Last update: 19 October 2021 10:08:08

Not only have national states as participators