Global inequities and political borders challenge nature conservation under climate change.

ABSTRACT: Underlying sociopolitical factors have emerged as important determinants of wildlife population trends and the effectiveness of conservation action. Despite mounting research into the impacts of climate change on nature, there has been little consideration of the human context in which these impacts occur, particularly at the global scale. We investigate this in two ways. First, by modeling the climatic niches of terrestrial mammals and birds globally, we show that projected species loss under climate change is greatest in countries with weaker governance and lower Gross Domestic Product, with loss of mammal species projected to be greater in countries with lower CO₂ emissions. Therefore, climate change impacts on species may be disproportionately significant in countries with l

SUBMITTER: Titley MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7896304 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature