Why it matters
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They're too cool to lose and it's too warm to wait. We need climate action now to secure their futures.
Biodiversity is the variety of wildlife and wild places existing all around us. It's vital — for the health, resilience, and sustainability of the environment on which we all rely!
One of the biggest problems facing biodiversity is climate change — whether it's rising temperatures, rising sea levels, extreme weather events, or another impact. Climate change is often the final straw in an already huge pile of challenges for animals, plants, and places.
Aotearoa New Zealand happens to be a biodiversity hotspot, which makes efforts to protect biodiversity here even more important!
In 2025, we will be celebrating 50 of these awesome and unique native species/places impacted by climate change. You'll be able to find them all here on this webpage.
What can you do
“This is significant moment in terms of how we see ourselves and our natural world. We need to start thinking about the ecosystem as a whole, because the challenges facing our environment are urgent. Nature doesn’t have the benefit of time for people to be mucking about.” Nicola Toki, Forest & Bird Chief Executive.
- Share the Tool Cool to Lose, Too Warm to Wait content (click images above) with friends, family, and followers. Join us in raising awareness!
- Choose Nature-based Solutions for mitigating climate change impacts.
- Talk with your local MP or council to encourage climate action.
- Join the Forest & Bird whānau. Become a member today and help protect the wildlife and wild places you love.
- Volunteer to support our regional initiatives. Support the work of our regional branches and youth hubs to protect nature so that nature can protect us from the impacts of climate change. Join us to restore our coastal dunes, mangroves, wetlands and forests. Help build our communities’ resilience.
