Animals are climate action heroes

About this episode

This episode discusses how wildlife contributes to climate action and the impact of climate change on biodiversity.

🐘 Good News: What if wildlife isn’t just impacted by climate change, but part of the solution? From forest elephants and sea otters to whales, penguins, and beavers, animals help store carbon, cool the planet, and keep ecosystems functioning. Protecting biodiversity isn’t separate from climate action: it’s central to it. 🐧 Not-So-Good News: Climate change is exacerbating the biodiversity crisis: skewing sex ratios in reptiles, shifting breeding seasons for penguins, and unraveling food webs ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

Topics covered

• wildlife
• climate change
• biodiversity
• ecosystems
• carbon storage
• species adaptation

Keywords

• climate action
• wildlife
• biodiversity crisis
• carbon storage
• ecosystem functioning
• species adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: forest elephants, sea otters, whales, penguins, beavers, biodiversity, climate change, reptiles, food webs

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