Being Green

Almost 200 of Africa’s most spectacular heritage sites, both natural and cultural, are in danger because of rising sea levels. That’s according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change which found that they face a severe risk of flooding and erosion over the next 30 years. Scientists mapped out 284 heritage sites recognised, or under consideration, by UNESCO’s World Heritage centre and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to one of the study’s authors, Dr Nicolas Simpson, a postdoctoral research fellow at the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town.