By approving the report of the monitoring mission, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided that if no urgent measures are taken by 1 February 2017 Venice will be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger with the prospect of its eventual cancellation from the World Heritage List.
World Heritage Committee, Report of the Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS/RAMSAR reactive monitoring mission to Venice and its lagoon. Italy (13 – 18 October 2015), World Heritage 40 COM, 6 June 2016