Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Due to a combination of climate change, habitat loss, water diversions, pesticides and other toxics, and other factors, the Earth is now facing the sixth mass extinction event in its geological history, on a par with the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and much else.
The international goal for fighting climate change, as adopted and reaffirmed at several United Nations climate conferences, is to keep global average temperatures from rising more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial conditions. Even an increase at that level would have very negative consequences to humans as well as other species — the low-lying island nations and large chunks of Bangladesh would be under water, for example — but staying within this range is a colossal challenge.
Disciplines
Environmental Law | Law
Center/Program
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Recommended Citation
Michael B. Gerrard,
Save Birds Now or Birds Later,
32(3)
Envtl. F.
39
(2015).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3849