Pollution and climate change are posing threats to heritage structures and monuments. Increased greenhouse gas emissions are leading to changes in climate that are damaging sites through mechanisms like salt weathering and increased fungus growth. These environmental changes are occurring at an urgent pace and may damage or destroy cultural heritage if action is not taken to address pollution and reduce its impacts.

1. Pollution, Climate Change Impact on Heritage Sites and Long Term Sustainability Dr. Prashant Mehta Assistant Professor NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR Email: prashantmehta1@rediffmail.com

2. Jodhpur Heritage

4. TRANSFORMED WORLD Encroachment Endangers Environment ( E 3 ), Heritage Structures and Monuments N atural and Man-made hazards, such as pollution of atmosphere, hydrosphere (seas), climatic changes due to excessive green house gases emissions, the effects of industrial accidents, civil strife and wars pose a significant threat to our Heritage Structures and Monuments.

5. Pollution Irreversible Damage

6. Major Air Pollutants

8. Climate Change Features

9. Impacts of Climate Change

11. Pollutants and Materials

12. Material Impacted by Pollutants

13. Factors Influencing the Interactions between Pollutants and Materials

14. Weathering

15. Fungus

16. Snapshots

17. Conclusion “ Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. We are faced now with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late…We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: Too late.” HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008