Unesco
‘Indefensible’: fossil fuel extraction at Unesco sites set to rise by more than 70% in coming decades, report says
A study by Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO) research group states that fossil fuel activities within Unesco sites across the world are due to produce 11.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide
Polish bank works with blockchain company and an Arctic vault to safeguard country's artistic heritage
Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art
Cultural sector must do more to protect heritage, say campaigners, as Unesco sites most at risk from climate change revealed
A study by the climate risk firm Climate X has shown how drought, extreme heat and flooding has put historic locations across the world at risk
Ukraine calls for UN to intervene after ancient Crimean heritage site transformed into cultural complex
Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been transformed by Russia into a “historical and archaeological park”
Ancient Roman highway and Brâncuși sculptures among 26 sites added to Unesco World Heritage list
Landmarks in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also included as committee meets in New Delhi
Historic Gaza monastery added to Unesco’s world heritage in danger list
The “situation” around the fourth-century Monastery of Saint Hilarion has "deteriorated rapidly" due to the war, an expert says
Unesco rejects proposal to place Stonehenge on ‘in danger’ list
The decision, which may be reviewed in 2026, could pave the way for controversial tunnel redevelopment scheme, say campaigners
Unesco warns that AI could rewrite Holocaust history
What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?
Leading Ukrainian art academy devastated by Russian air strike
The Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design reportedly sustained serious damage from falling fragments of a missile
Venice city council proposes limiting tourist groups and banning loudspeakers
Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city
Gaza City archives among heritage sites destroyed in Israel-Hamas war
Brief truce allowed International Council on Monuments and Sites and Palestinian antiquities ministry to investigate damage on the ground
Ancient Saint Hilarion Monastery in the Gaza Strip gains enhanced protection from Unesco
The archaelogical site, which dates back to the fourth century, has reportedly sustained damage during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war
Mexico’s $28bn Maya Train puts 25,000 historic sites at risk
Many organisations, including Unesco, fear the project will negatively affect the region’s cultural heritage, natural environment and residents when it opens in December
The ancient villages and historic monuments destroyed in western Afghanistan earthquakes
Last month's deadly quakes affected key historic monuments in Herat and beyond
Icom releases first public statement on Gaza war
Comments come four days after Icom Israel demanded that the Unesco-affiliated museum organisation condemn Hamas as terrorist organisation
What happens when Unesco becomes the enemy?
Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait
Unesco reiterates plea for UK government ‘not to proceed’ with Stonehenge redevelopment
The UN cultural body is requesting modifications to the controversial scheme, which will see a dual-carriageway tunnel running close to the ancient heritage site by next year
Unesco’s addition of West Bank archaeological site to World Heritage list fans Israel-Palestine tensions
The ancient site of Tell es-Sultan in Jericho is one of many archaeological sites in the region whose status has been mired in political and territorial disputes
Unesco adds 13 new sites to World Heritage List as Riyadh committee session enters second week
The committee voted to protect ancient sites in China, Iran, the West Bank and along the historic Silk Road, but Venice was not included
Unesco adds sites in Kyiv and Lviv to list of world heritage in danger
Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the historic centre of Lviv join Odesa on Unesco’s endangered list
For the second time, Venice escapes listing as at risk, but now Unesco is the enemy
Italy’s politicians attack the cultural body as “arrogant”, “politicised” and lacking in common sense
Unesco beefs up protection for 20 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine
Damaging any of the sites inscribed in the agency's new list qualifies as a ‘serious violation’ to the 1954 Hague Convention
Day-trippers to Venice to be charged €5 admission fee in bid to save lagoon city
Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring
What took you so long? Unesco will ask for Venice to be added to the Endangered Heritage Sites list
The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so
Russian attacks on Odesa damage Orthodox cathedral
The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco
The United States officially rejoins Unesco
Following a five-year absence, one of the founding members of the UN's cultural agency is readmitted as the organisation's 194th member state
Unesco members vote overwhelmingly—but not unanimously—to readmit the United States
The US will have to repay $619m in dues that accrued after it ceased paying in 2011 but before its formal departure in 2019
Worried about Chinese influence, the US agrees to rejoin Unesco
The Biden administration has agreed to pay more than $600m in arrears to the United Nation cultural agency responsible for protecting the world's most significant heritage sites
After Isis, Mosul Museum is rebuilt from the rubble
The terrorist group almost destroyed the museum in 2014. Less than a decade later, it is beginning to exhibit once again
Unesco seeks to improve artists’ protection from censorship and violence
New report finds that, unlike journalists, artists are often "in the dark" about the organisations they can turn to when their rights are threatened