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Unesco warns majority of World Heritage sites at risk from drought or flooding

The Yamuna river rose to the periphery of the Taj Mahal monument in Agra, India, on 18 July, 2023. © Aryan Kaushik / AP

Almost three-quarters of the world's cultural and natural heritage sites are under threat from drought or flooding as a result of global warming, the United Nations cultural agency said this week.

Seventy-three percent of all 1,172 non-marine sites on the Unesco Heritage List are exposed to at least one severe water risk, the Unesco study "Mountains and glaciers: Water towers" showed.

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