The news about climate change keeps getting worse. According to recent UN reports, we only have ten years to prevent its worst effects. But until then, at least we have time to save ourselves – and that is the narrative that matters to the media. Sadly it’s already too late for many animals. As well as deadlines focused on human survival, we should try to think about our actions in terms of animal survival. This article, for example, focuses on the dangerous difference between 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees of warming, and a small mention of the effect this would have on animal life, but mostly in terms of how it impacts humans.

This month there is something you can do for animals at the poles who are suffering from the effects of climate change. Leaders are meeting in Australia to discuss the proposal to create a sanctuary for animals at the Antarctic. Last year, only 2 penguin chicks in a colony of 40,000 penguins survived. The rest starved to death. Species are under pressure because of climate change, but at least creating a sanctuary could protect their food supplies by shielding them from overfishing.
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