Addressing the twin crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change through large mountainscape conservation

Abstract ID: 3.9102
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McDowell, G.
(1) Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, 200-1350 Railway Ave, T1W 1P6 Canmore, CA
How to cite: McDowell, G.: Addressing the twin crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change through large mountainscape conservation, International Mountain Conference 2025, Innsbruck, Sep 14 - 18 2025, #IMC25-3.9102, 2025.
Categories: Adaptation, Biodiversity, Conservation, Socio-Ecology
Keywords: Conservation, Mitigation, Adaptation
Categories: Adaptation, Biodiversity, Conservation, Socio-Ecology
Keywords: Conservation, Mitigation, Adaptation
Abstract

Emerging convergence between global climate change and biodiversity agendas highlights the need for integrated responses to these grand challenges. However, examples of successful approaches to tackling this ‘twin crisis’ remain limited. This presentation draws on recent efforts in North America’s Yellowstone to Yukon region, which have focused on producing co-benefits for biodiversity conservation and climate change at large spatial scales. This includes efforts to protect and connect core habitat, to demonstrate the carbon storage and sequestration benefits of such efforts, and to steer adaptations towards approaches that attend to interdependencies between people and nature in a changing climate. Through tangible examples, this talk aims to demonstrate productive alignment between large-mountainscape conservation and key objectives of convergent climate change and biodiversity agendas.