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Click on the map’s icons above to learn about key species threatened by climate change—and how The Nature Conservancy is working around the world to reduce this threat to animals and people.
Biodiversity and Climate Change: A Two-Way Street
The threat that climate change poses to animals and wildlife around the world has made combating it one of The Nature Conservancy’s top priorities.
Experts predict that one-fourth of Earth’s species will be headed for extinction by 2050 if the warming trend continues at its current rate. And Conservancy scientists see climate change as the biggest threat to our mission of protecting nature and to the many investments in lands and waters we have made over the past 60 years.
As temperatures rise, so do the risks to humans, including heat-related illness, flooding, severe storm impacts in coastal areas, and insect-borne diseases.
Saving biodiversity in the form of standing forests and intact natural lands can help prevent climate change and help communities and natural areas cope with a changing planet.
The destruction of the world’s forests accounts for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emission, more than the entire global transportation sector – all the cars, trains, and planes operating today.
At the same time helping nature become more resilient to climate change through a combination of management, restoration, and protection strategies will help prepare places, plants, animals — and people — for climate change.
Successful adaptation of living systems can help ensure their ability to support the needs of people and to better withstand future changes.
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