Protecting wildlife from climate change is our biggest conservation challenge. Today, climate change is already having profound effects on our wildlife and the habitats they call home.
To protect wildlife in a warmer world, we need to make conservation "climate-smart."
In a warmer world, we may work in new places or protect plants and animals that haven't needed our help before. Becoming climate-smart doesn't mean forgetting about existing problems like pollution and invasive species that hurt wildlife. Instead, it means looking ahead and integrating the new challenges created by climate change into our conservation efforts.
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Adaptation Principles
Learn about Key Characteristics of Climate-Smart Conservation and our guidebook to designing and implementing adaptation projects.