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Cultural heritage matters when it comes to combating human-created climate change

NPR | By Chloe Veltman

Published September 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM EDT

Officials from UNESCO are meeting to decide if Venice, Italy, should be listed as an "endangered" world heritage site in part for climate-change-related reasons.

Chloe Veltman

Chloe Veltman is a correspondent on NPR's Culture Desk.

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