11-07-2017 02:14 via theguardian.com

Countries with coral reefs must do more on climate change – Unesco

Custodians of world heritage-listed sites should aim to keep global temperature increases to just 1.5C, UN agency saysCountries with responsibility over world heritage-listed coral reefs should adopt ambitious climate change targets, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions to levels that would keep global temperature increases to just 1.5C, the UN agency responsible for overseeing world heritage sites has said.At a meeting of Unesco’s world heritage committee in Krakow, Poland, a decision w
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