Sea level rise  and its associated hazards will present increasing climate risk to African heritage in the coming decades . Although no continental assessment has quantified climate risk to African heritage and little is known of near-term exposure to hazards such as SLR and erosion, for a handful of coastal heritage sites included in global or Mediterranean studies, 10 cultural sites are identified to be physically exposed to SLR by 2100 at high emissions scenarios  , of which, seven World Heritage Sites in the Mediterranean are also projected to face medium or high risk of erosion . Further, Brito and Naia  identify natural heritage sites across 27 African countries that will be affected by SLR by 2100 , of which 15 sites covering eight countries demonstrated a high need for proactive management actions because of high levels of biodiversity, international conservation relevance and exposure to SLR . These nascent studies highlight the potential severity of risk and loss and damage from climate change to African heritage, as well as gaps in knowledge of climate risk to African cultural and natural, particularly concerning bio-cultural heritage.
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