Linking Social Justice with Climate Justice at the Coal Mines Historic Site in Tasmania (Australia)

This chapter explores the current conservation and management challenges at the Coal Mines Historic Site, which is a component of the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Australian Convict Sites. Based on the preparatory work of the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Place Lab which aimed to create better connections between site managers and scholars to effectively implement the World Heritage Convention, the chapter argues that holistic management and conservation of heritage sites and landscapes, particularly those with deep colonial legacies, can only be achieved through an understanding of the interrelatedness of issues of social justice and climate justice.