Climate Change

Climate change is happening, it is largely caused by human activities, and it presents a catastrophic threat to nature and people now, and in the future. Without ambitious mitigation efforts, global average temperature rise this century will exceed the globally agreed goal of keeping temperatures well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. BirdLife International delivers ground-breaking research on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, to inform better decisions on the ground. By working to conserve and manage forests, peatlands and other habitats, through Nature Based Solutions (NbS), BirdLife’s Partnership of 115 national organisations is helping to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and support climate-smart Partner projects. BirdLife supports nature-sensitive renewable energy deployment and delivers solutions to governments, investors and developers to ensure these do not negatively impact biodiversity. BirdLife advocates for nature-sensitive and climate-smart safeguards in Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Our work shows that supporting community engagement and action can build the resilience of natural and societal systems. BirdLife advocates for the importance of healthy ecosystems to be recognised in national, regional and international climate change and development policy.