3-14 percent of terrestrial species are likely to face high risk of extinction due to global warming

A new IPCC report, which came out on Monday, revealed that around 3-14 percent of species assessed...

... in terrestrial ecosystems are likely to face extinction at global warming levels of 1.5°C.

This percentage can increase upto 18 percent if the global warming level...

...also increases to 2°C, or increase upto 29 percent at 3°C, or 39 percent at 4°C, or 48 percent at 5°C.

According to the report, biodiversity loss, damages and transformation of ecosystems...

...are already key risks for every region and this will continue to escalate with increasing global warming.

Very high extinction risk for endemic species in biodiversity hotspots is projected...

...to at least double from 2 percent between 1.5°C and 2°C global warming levels, says the report.

The risk of extinction could increase upto at least ten-fold if global warming rises from 1.5°C to 3°C.

The report further reveals that hundreds of local species have become...

...extinct due to increases in the magnitude of heat extremes.

“Approximately half of the species assessed globally have shifted polewards...

...or, on land, also to higher elevations,” the report added further.

In ocean and coastal ecosystems, risk of biodiversity loss ranges between...

...moderate and very high by 1.5°C global warming level, according to the IPCC report.

And it is likely to remain between moderate to very high by 2°C and...

...can increase to high or very high across most ocean and coastal ecosystems by 3°C.

Talking about plant species, the report said that the future climate change...

...will also reduce the suitable habitat of protected plants.