The integration of culture into urban policy and planning is increasingly recognised as critical to developing sustainable and resilient cities, and features in international agreements such as the SDGs  . However, urban cultural policies are still limited, for example, Cape Town is the only African city to have developed a city-level cultural policy . Cultural heritage refers to both tangible  and intangible  resources inherited from the past . Learning about past societal and environment changes through heritage offers opportunity for reflection and transfer of knowledge and skills. This takes place in multiple contexts such as museums and cultural landscapes, and in everyday life . Cultural heritage is primarily associated with identity and is closely intertwined with the complexities of history, politics, economics and memory. Climate change adds another layer of complexity to cultural heritage and resource management . Changing climatic conditions are already negatively impacting World Heritage Sites such as the Cordilleras' Rice Terraces of the Philippines and earthen architecture sites, for example the Djenné mosque in Mali, are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature and water interactions . Climate change impacts intangible cultural heritage across diverse settings such as in the Caribbean and Pacific Small Island Developing States  where traditional ways of life and related aspects such as oral traditions and performing arts are under threat from extreme weather events .
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