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This Is What Solutions Look Like • We dedicated this entire issue to tackling the challenge of climate change, because humanity has no other choice.

Birds Are Telling Us It’s Time to Take Action on Climate • Global warming poses an existential threat to two-thirds of North American bird species—but there’s still time to protect them. Audubon’s new climate report says we have to act now.

THE FUTURE FOR BIRDS • Audubon’s new climate report details grave threats to some of our most beloved species and the places they need, and steers us toward a path to save them.

BEAT THE HEAT

BIRDERS ON A MISSION

Forests

Guardians of the North • A vast new protected area in Canada’s boreal forest will preserve key wildlife habitat and the carbon it stores. It’s a milestone for a conservation model that empowers Indigenous communities to safeguard the land, their way of life, and the planet’s future.

Amazon Aflame

Looking North

Rosabel Miró • A grassroots leader who’s revealing the value of urban forests.

Coasts

Island Retreat • As rising seas imperil its historic structures and famed waterfowl flocks, staff at Audubon’s Pine Island Sanctuary in North Carolina are determined to defend the refuge by saving its wetlands.

Benji Backer • A climate advocate who’s erasing political taboos.

Cities

Action Figures • With the federal government failing to tackle climate change, state and local governments are stepping up to cut emissions and increase resiliency.

Vic Barrett • A student who’s suing the government for future generations and marginalized people.

Oceans

A Moveable Feast • Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine is shifting the marine food web, putting already endangered Roseate Terns at even greater risk. Figuring out how to help these seabirds could point the way for safeguarding other species here—and beyond.

Rebecca Moore • A computer scientist who’s putting data in the hands of people.

River

After the Rains • Our attempts to wall in a surging Mississippi have failed up and down the river, leading to catastrophic flooding. Now momentum is building to work with nature, not against it.

Christiana Figueres • A master negotiator who’s rallying society to avert disaster.

Reverse Engineering • We can’t merely cut emissions to preserve a livable planet. We’ll have to invent technologies to take back the carbon we’ve already released.

Your Guide to Climate Action • Feeling like you alone can’t make a difference? That couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s where to begin and how to amplify your efforts to make lasting change in the world.

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Now Hiring • Spring 2100 openings for avian ecosystem operatives, greater Albany, New York, region

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Reimagining John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” • BIRDS WATCHING BY JENNY KENDLER

Because what you do matters.

Want to support birds in your own backyard? • Create a buffet with an assortment of feeder types and bird seed varieties.

SURVIVAL BY DEGREES • 389 North American bird species are vulnerable to extinction from climate change.