Climate Change and its Impacts on World`s Cultural Heritage

Global climate change is a serious threat to humanity and cultural heritage which represents the most reliable witness of historical processes and global cultural evolution, as well as the vital element for tourism product differentiation in many destination areas worldwide. Global climate change can influence cultural heritage through the impacts of tornadoes, hurricanes and storms, sea level rise, floods, tides and avalanches and extreme temperatures, fires and droughts. This paper explores the relationship between climate change and global cultural heritage, illustrated by examples of previous natural disasters and events, and presents certain future predictions based on the current scientific knowledge.