CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PROTECTION OF WORLD HERITAGE

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 263 - 288, 29.12.2021

Neslihan Özkerim Güner

https://doi.org/10.52273/sduhfd..977953

Abstract

Climate change has natural and anthropological reasons. Especially with the
industrial revolution, the negative impact of human activities on the climate system
has increased and climate change has been included in the agenda of the international
community as one of the most important problems of the 21st century. Climate
change is the subject of many areas of international law, from human rights (such as
life, health, access to clean food and water, housing rights) to migration and security
policies, from the sovereign rights of states to the change of country borders. Although
it is not often mentioned, climate change also has an impact on cultural and natural
heritage. Extremely hot weather, sudden torrential rains, strong winds, floods and all
other sudden events due to climate change negatively affect cultural and natural
heritages, cause erosion and darkening, and put these assets in danger of extinction.
The paper will seek an answer to the question of whether there is a link between
climate change law and legal instruments in the fields of cultural and natural heritage
conservation law. Opinions, reports and solution suggestions regarding this issue will
be conveyed.

Keywords

Climate Change, Cultural and Natural Heritage, IPCC, UNESCO, UNFCCC

İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ VE DÜNYA MİRASININ KORUNMASI

Abstract

İklim değişikliğinin doğal ve insan kaynaklı nedenleri bulunmaktadır. Özellikle sanayi devrimi ile birlikte insan faaliyetlerinin iklim sistemi üzerindeki olumsuz etkisi artmış ve iklim değişikliği 21. yy’ın en önemli problemlerinden biri olarak uluslararası toplumun gündemine dahil olmuştur. İklim değişikliği, insan haklarından (yaşam, sağlık, temiz gıda ve suya ulaşım, barınma hakları gibi) göç ve güvenlik politikalarına, devletlerin egemenlik haklarından ülke sınırlarının değişmesine kadar uluslararası hukukun birçok alanına konu olmaktadır. Her ne kadar sıklıkla dile getirilmese de iklim değişikliğinin kültürel ve doğal miraslar üzerinde de etkisi bulunmaktadır. Aşırı sıcak hava, ani sağanak yağmurlar, sert rüzgarlar, seller ve iklim değişikliğine bağlı ani diğer tüm olaylar, kültürel ve doğal mirasları olumsuz etkilemekte, aşınmalara, kararmalara neden olmakta, bu varlıkları yok olma tehlikesine sokmaktadır. Makalede iklim değişikliği ile kültürel ve doğal mirasın korunması alanlarına ait hukuksal araçlar arasında bağlantı var mı sorusuna cevap aranacaktır. Bu hususa ilişkin görüşler, raporlar ve çözüm önerileri aktarılacaktır.

Keywords

İklim Değişikliği, Kültürel ve Doğal Miras, IPCC, UNESCO, UNFCCC

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