Heritage sites in Africa threatened by climate change | HeritageDaily

Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change.

A global team of climate risk and heritage experts, where Dr Nicholas Simpson from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) was one of the leading contributors, have provided the first comprehensive assessment of exposure of African cultural and natural Heritage Sites to extreme sea levels and erosion associated with accelerating Sea Level Rise.

The team invested a year identifying and painstakingly mapping the physical boundary of 284…