Climate change threatens the welfare of billions of wild, farm, and companion animals through habitat loss, thermal stress, extreme weather, and ecological disruption. Climate action is animal welfare action.
Climate change is the greatest animal welfare challenge of our time, threatening welfare across every category of animal and every ecosystem. Wild animals face habitat loss, thermal stress, extreme weather events, and ecological disruption at unprecedented scales. Farm animals face increasing heat stress as temperature records are broken annually. Companion animals in flood-prone and wildfire-affected areas face acute welfare crises with increasing frequency. The warming of oceans is bleaching and killing coral reefs that billions of marine animals depend on. Every degree of warming prevented through climate action translates directly into reduced animal suffering at enormous scale. Climate advocacy is therefore simultaneously the most impactful environmental and animal welfare action available.