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With its wide spectrum of data, case studies, monitoring, and experimental and numerical simulation techniques, the multidisciplinary approach of material, environmental, and computer science applied to the conservation of cultural heritage offers several opportunities for the heritage science and conservation community to map and monitor state-of-the-art knowledge on natural and human-induced climate change impacts on cultural heritage—mainly constituted by the built environment—in Europe and Latin America. Geosciences’ Special Issue titled “Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Resources Threatened by Climate Change” was launched to take stock of the existing but still fragmentary knowledge on this challenge, and to enable the community to respond to the implementation of the Paris agreement. These 10 papers exploit a broad range of data derived from preventive conservation monitoring conducted indoors in museums, churches, historical buildings, or outdoors in archeological sites and city centers. Case studies presented in the papers focus on a well-assorted sample of decay phenomena occurring on heritage materials (e.g., surface recession and biomass accumulation on limestone, depositions of pollutant on marble, salt weathering on inorganic building materials, and weathering processes on mortars in many local- to regional-scale study areas in the Scandinavian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, Greece, and Panama). Besides monitoring, the methodological approaches showcased include, but are not limited to, original material characterization, decay product characterization, and climate and numerical modelling on material components for assessing environmental impact and climate change effects.

Central America --- typical and extreme weather conditions --- indoor air quality --- climate modelling --- mineralogy --- adaptation --- degradation --- decay --- exposure tests --- mortars --- experimental research --- preventative conservation --- heritage materials --- moisture transport --- damage functions --- wood --- medieval buildings --- mechanical decay --- long-term monitoring --- climate change --- stable isotopes --- mitigation --- Norwegian protected buildings --- preventive conservation --- relative humidity --- cultural heritage --- built heritage --- mitigation actions --- salt climatology --- conservation --- outdoor climate --- built cultural heritage weathering --- indoor climate --- environmental impact --- hygrothermal simulation models --- surface recession --- biomass accumulation --- zero status --- masonry --- Scandinavian countries --- ?13C --- measurements --- climate variations --- chemical decay --- warning report --- salt crystallisation --- climate change scenarios --- ?18O --- management --- depositions on marble --- biological decay