Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI): Resources

iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Queensland Section)

Curonian Spit, Lithuania

Bryggen, Norway

St Kilda, Scotland

Vega Archipelago, Norway

Antonine Wall, Scotland

Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, Scotland

High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland/Sweden

Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Sukur Cultural Landscape, Nigeria

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, Tanzania [English]

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, Tanzania [Swahili]

Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Scotland

Wadden Sea (full report), Denmark/Germany/ Netherlands

Wadden Sea (OUV Vulnerability), Denmark/Germany/ Netherlands

Shark Bay, Western Australia

CVI Summary 2025

A First Nations approach for CVI 2023

CVI Scotland 2023

CVI Cultural Themes 2023

CVI Summary 2023

CVI Africa 2022

CVI Africa 2022 French

CVI Africa 2022 Spanish

CVI Africa 2022 Arabic

CVI Summary 2019

Overview of the CVI

Climate impacts on First Nations' values

Cultural heritage themes – Indian subcontinent

Natural heritage themes – Africa

Environmental context around heritage sites

Conservation status of World Heritage seagrass habitats

CVI analysis of World Heritage seagrass habitats

Update – Climate impacts on World Heritage coral reefs

Climate impacts on World Heritage corals reefs – First assessment

How 'The Great Spa Towns of Europe' is building resilience against climate change

Protecting Heritage Sites from Climate Change

More than half of World Heritage seagrass meadows now under threat

Warm is the new norm for the Great Barrier Reef - and a likely El Niño raises red flags

The Climate Vulnerability Index – assessing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage

Developing climate risk assessments for World Heritage: the Climate Vulnerability Index

Shifting seasons: using indigenous knowledge and western science to help address climate change impacts

From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage

Shark Bay: A World Heritage site at catastrophic risk

Cultural heritage has a lot to teach us about climate change

Climate change is the fastest growing threat to World Heritage

The UN is slowly warming to the task of protecting World Heritage sites from climate change

Dr Scott Heron and saving the Great Barrier Reef