Chiara Ronchini

The Preserving Legacies program represents a pivotal opportunity for the Great Spa Towns of Europe World Heritage Site to address our most pressing shared challenge - climate change. As a transnational World Heritage property spanning eleven historic spa towns across seven countries, we're uniquely positioned to implement climate adaptation strategies at scale. Preserving Legacies will enable us to embed climate resilience directly into our 2027 Property Management Plan, ensuring that our extraordinary cultural landscapes and thermal water sources are protected for future generations. What excites me most is the potential to transform climate challenges into opportunities for innovation across our European network, while contributing our experience of coordinated transnational management to the global Community of Practice. Together, we can demonstrate how heritage sites can lead the way in climate action.