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species on the
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Many forces – including habitat destruction and overfi shing – are already driving species to extinction, and for some
climate change is likely to prove the fi nal straw. Last December the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) published a study of the most at risk from global warming; seven of them are described below. Yet, as Simon
Stuart, Chair of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission, says, ‘Ordinary people are not powerless to stop these tragic
losses. They can cut down on their own CO2 emissions and voice their support for strong action by their governments to
change the dire climate prognosis we are currently facing.’
climate change is likely to prove the fi nal straw. Last December the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) published a study of the most at risk from global warming; seven of them are described below. Yet, as Simon
Stuart, Chair of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission, says, ‘Ordinary people are not powerless to stop these tragic
losses. They can cut down on their own CO2 emissions and voice their support for strong action by their governments to
change the dire climate prognosis we are currently facing.’