The selected pilot sites come a different type of land-based UNESCO Designation (Biosphere Reserve, Global Geopark and World Heritage Site) and cover as many landscape types as possible within project constraints.
Each site will work with local communities and stakeholders to co-design, develop and test locally-derived models of partnership working. They will also create new shareable and reusable data tools and templates that will help identify and analyse climate-related information more effectively. Project managers will be employed at each UNESCO site to act as the focal point for the project, bringing together community stakeholders.
The learning will lay the groundwork for an improved understanding of the threat climate change poses to the UK’s natural and historic environment, and support UNESCO sites and their local communities to make informed decisions on how to best navigate these challenges in the future.
