As you read this, two out of every three North American bird species—including the beloved American Goldfinch and vulnerable Piping Plover—face an increasing risk of extinction due to climate change. At a time when we’ve already lost 3 billion birds in the last 50 years, we can’t let any more disappear.
The good news is that with your support, we can reverse this alarming trend for birds and mitigate the effects of climate change on people and the planet by focusing on nature-based climate solutions. When we conserve bird habitat, we do more than protect biodiversity—we invest in the critical carbon-reducing benefits these ecosystems provide to combat climate change. Together with bird lovers like you, we’re working to increase the resilience of birds and important habitats, while also fighting for cleaner energy and reduced carbon emissions.
Climate change is putting birds at serious risk.
These beloved songbirds could disappear from two-thirds of their present breeding range.
Extreme weather like heat waves and storms endanger young birds.
We’ve already lost 3 billion birds in the span of a human lifetime.
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