Valutazione del rischio e protezione sostenibile del patrimonio culturale e paesaggistico esposto ai cambiamenti climatici. Risk assessment and sustainable protection of natural and cultural heritage exposed to climate change

It is widely recognized nowadays that our cultural heritage, considered in its complexity of immovable and movable heritage but also landscape, is at risk due to extreme events related to climate change that are putting it under pressure with increasing frequency. Natural catastrophes and anthropogenic disasters impose new and continuously evolving global conservation challenges and urgently require an innovative approach. At risk is not only the preservation of cultural heritage but also the safety of visitors, workers in the sector and local communities, with negative economic consequences as a result of the reduction of tourist flows. However, while the risk is increasingly evident, unfortunately, the measures and strategies included in risk reduction and management plans are still sporadic. CNR-ISAC coordinated on these topics two Interreg Central Europe projects, "ProteCHt2save - Risk Assessment and Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage in Changing Environments" (2017-2020) and the capitalization project "STRENCH - STRENgthening resilience of Cultural Heritage at risk in a changing environment through proactive transnational cooperation" (2020-2022). The main tool created and subsequently integrated was the online WebGIS, currently named "Risk Mapping Tool for Cultural Heritage Protection" which, by interactively displaying risk maps of Europe at high cultural spatial resolution, shows where and how strongly possible climate change will affect the territory.