A study by WWF revealed that global warming threatens to damage one third of plant and animal habitats by the end of the century, causing a wave of extinctions.
Science journal Nature recently revealed that between 15 and 37 per cent of terrestrial species worldwide could become extinct by 2050 if estimated levels of climate change are not reduced. In Australia, at least 90 species have been identified as being at risk - including koalas, wombats and some species of kangaroo, together with countless other mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish. Mount Kosciusko, Australia's highest mountain is set to lose its alpine environment, and coral reefs around the world have been severely damaged by unusually warm ocean temperatures. At the current rate of degradation, the entire Great Barrier Reef could be dead within a human lifetime.