With 1 million species at risk of extinction, losing more of our biosphere and our species will be catastrophic for humanity.

Earlier this year, tens of thousands of NRDC activists like you called on world leaders to halt human-caused wildlife and species extinction.

Now, we need to keep that momentum going when world leaders convene at this year's global nature protection conference — UN Biodiversity Conference (CoP15) — just days from now, and urge them to finalize an ambitious plan to save threatened and endangered species over the next 10 years.

NRDC staff will be on the ground at the conference. We want to show world leaders that thousands of NRDC supporters like you are fighting to protect the natural ecosystems we all depend on.

Tell world leaders to commit to ending wildlife extinction and confronting the biodiversity crisis — before more species are gone forever.

Representatives from nearly 200 nations convened in Egypt for COP27, the latest global climate change conference, last month. Their goal: to strengthen and hasten the international response to the climate crisis that's wreaking havoc across the globe.

Leaders agreed to establish a fund to support vulnerable countries dealing with climate disasters and called for reforming international financing institutions to invest in more clean energy and climate adaptation needs. But they failed to reach consensus on moving faster to phase out climate-busting fossil fuels, which must happen to avert catastrophe.

Of course, the hardest work is done once leaders return home. In the U.S. that means, for starters, turning the promise of the historic Inflation Reduction Act into real climate action in communities across the country.

Take action: Tell President Biden and key environmental cabinet officials to keep doing more to fight the climate crisis.

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