An analysis of 8,000 published species risk assessments found a high risk of extinction in nearly 300 hot spots.
The Earth's surface is still warming upby 1°C, and the Paris Agreement requires countries to limit warming to “well below” 2°C and 1.5°C if possible.
National commitments to reduceGreenhouse gas emissions—assuming they are met—will still result in temperatures rising well above 3°C by the end of the century, if not sooner. So-called endemic species—plants and ;animals that are found exclusively in a specific area will suffer the most in a warming environment.
From snow leopards in the Himalayasfrom the vaquita porpoise in the Gulf of California to the lemurs in Madagascar and the elephants in Central Africa—many of the planet's most famous creatures will disappear unless humanity reduces CO₂ and methane emissions, researchers say. new Species in biodiversity hotspots are nearly three times more likely to suffer losses due to climate change than more widespread flora and fauna, and 10 times more likely than invasive species.
Climate change threatens areasoverflowing with species found nowhere else in the world. The risk of such species becoming extinct forever will increase 10-fold if humans do not meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Yet more and more scientists recognize that limiting global warming at 1.5°C is probably unattainable.
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