This should be a wake-up call for all of us: July of this year was the hottest month ever recorded—and breached the 1.5 degree warming scenario we’ve sounded the alarm on as a tipping-point for birds. As our climate changes, so will the places birds need to survive.
For birds like the Scarlet Tanager, Piping Plover, Rufous Hummingbird, and Allen’s Hummingbird that means they’ll need to relocate to find more favorable habitats—and unfortunately the odds may not be in their favor.
We’re working tirelessly to combat climate change—and one way we’re doing that on behalf of birds is by championing clean energy. We support an expansion of our clean energy grid and upgrades that help protect birds and people alike.
By working responsibly and urgently on clean energy initiatives, we would slow the rising global temperatures that could one day threaten two-thirds of North American bird species with extinction.
We’re in a code-red emergency for birds.
3 billion birds have been lost in the past 50 years.
Nearly 400 birds are at increasing risk of extinction due to climate change.
The Scarlet Tanager could lose 68% of its range in a 3 degree warming scenario.
