IMMOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE PROPERTIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE – LEGAL AND STRATEGITS POINTS OF ADAPTATION

Abstract

Nowadays, cultural assets are exposed to wide range of dangers. Natural impacts are important category of threats in the era of climate change. Although generally natural disasters cannot be controlled or avoided, there are certain measures that can reduce the vulnerability of cultural sites. The development of science and new technologies allows new ways to effectively protection and intervene with materials and structures. In recent decades, preventative protection has increased in importance.

The conducted study indicates the complexity and topicality of the questions of protecting immovable cultural heritage in terms of climate change, still insufficiently recognized in legal and strategic documents adopted at national, supranational and international levels. Hence, the author's aim was to draw the attention promote the importance of safeguarding cultural heritage and their horizontal integration with the areas of environmental protection, spatial planning and risk management issues in emergency situations. This still an underresearched field requires mobilization of different-profiles experts, demanding multidisciplinary research that could be carried out mainly through major international projects, learning from good practice examples, mapping all vulnerable areas and specific cultural monuments, as well as numerous of other activities with the aim to achieve the best possible results in adaptation. In the process of harmonization with EU legislation, Serbia has to take more significant efforts in the area of climate and energy policy with the aim to support sustainable management of immovable cultural assets and adequate protection against frequent natural disasters.