Climate change and biodiversity in South-East Europe - Impacts and action (original) (raw)
Based on past trends, current measurements and models that illustrate future scenarios, it is now widely accepted amongst the scientific community that global temperature is increasing and that the Earth’s climate has the potential to change rapidly. Much of this is as a direct result of increasing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other human activities, and brings specific challenges for society as a whole. Policymakers and politicians are beginning to respond to this challenge and there is a growing awareness amongst the general public that their livelihoods and the environment around them may be affected. This report describes the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services, with a focus on South-East Europe (SEE); specifically, it contains country assessments of the current knowledge and position in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Turkey. It is a key output of the project: ‘Climate change impacts on biodiversity in South-East Europe’. As far as possible it is based on state-of-the-art information on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services and assessments by the experts of the above-mentioned countries.
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