Climate change

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Goodbye Venice, goodbye Ravenna, goodbye Ferrara, goodbye Carthage?

Many World Heritage Sites around the Mediterranean are at grave risk from sea-level rise by 2100, report says

Top museum directors on the challenges of climate change and mass tourism

Vatican conference on preventive conservation warns of environmental impact of short-term politics

TBA21-Academy's eco art initiatives get new long-term home in Venetian church

Patron Francesca von Habsburg shifts focus from her closed foundation space in Vienna to her new academy building in Venice

Artists deliver climate-change message that time is running out

They are increasingly sounding the alarm on global warming, through new works and collaborations with scientists

Artists show their power to effect change

In the visual arts, a greater sense of activism is possible, and it’s being helped by the absorption of a broader range of disciplines and media into the canon

Edward Burtynsky unveils preview of Anthropocene project at Photo London

Canadian photographer has been working with scientists to draw attention to man's impact on the planet

As waters rise, artists answer a call to action

Florida is on the frontline of global warming—a crisis that demands creative thinking

Lars Jan: Making waves in Miami Beach

With his immersive installation, the artist wants to raise awareness of climate change

Five works to see at the Lofoten Islands International Art Festival

The remote fishing village of Henningsvær hosts this year's edition of the peripatetic event

New commissions by nine artists for DiCaprio Foundation sale

Annual charity auction will benefit actor's philanthropic activities combating climate change

Images of melting glaciers head to backyard of Trump’s Florida home

Exhibition highlighting effects of climate change to open near Mar-a-Lago

Liberty, fraternity, Fossil Free: activists protest oil giant Total’s sponsorship at Louvre

In the first climate change performance inside the Paris museum, protesters shed black clothes to create a mock oil spill

Wake-up call: climate change is serious threat to our heritage

As the Unesco World Heritage Committee convenes in Istanbul, a recent report by the organisation highlights sites under threat from global warming<br>

Climate change activists to ‘seed bomb’ Abraham Cruzvillegas’s Turbine Hall installation at Tate Modern

Organisers of Deadline Festival are protesting the museum’s sponsorship deal with BP

Fear of censorship fuels debate over cash from oil industry

Companies accused of dictating museums’ programmes in return for support

Floodingarchive

What should be done for New Orleans and Venice?

A tale of two cities and rising sea levels

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Landslide warning at Macchu Picchu

Geologists have found the land on the steep slope at the back of the fortress is sliding down at a rate of a centimetre a month

The Archaeological Survey of India pledges to restore Ta Prohm temples

There are concerns about how the restoration will affect the natural environment

Venice archive

How to save the stones of Venice?

The sculpture that adorns the churches and palaces of Venice is being damaged beyond retrieval by pollution and vandalism

Environmental protection in Russia, aqua alta on the Neva

Unlike Venice, St Petersburg is building a flood barrier, but needs more money

Venice archive

Venice condemned by politics

Lagoon barriers rejected by the Green minister of the environment

Floodingarchive

Italian environment minister expected to reject Venice flood barriers

The report of the national commission on the project is due 21 October

Venice archive

Drilling will make Venice sink twelve inches, warn experts

This month Italian government reaches decision on national oil company’s plan to extract gas from Adriatic

Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescoes to be restored

The solution will involve low-tech improvements to the surroundings