It’s Getting Hot Out There—a new report by the Endangered Species Coalition in partnership with our member groups—spurs us to answer the question: if we are serious about protecting endangered species from climate change where do we begin? The ten ecosystems listed here are a starting point. To help endangered species adapt to climate change, we’ll have to invest significant resources into protecting and restoring these ecosystems and their species.

The Endangered Species Coalition’s member groups nominated the ecosystems. A panel of esteemed scientists chose the finalists. The scientists considered the ecosystem’s ecologic importance, significance for threatened and endangered species, climate change vulnerability, as well as the ecosystem’s potential to improve its resiliency to climate change via conservation measures.

The urgency for greatly expanding our commitment to conservation measures has never been higher. We still have time to save many of our ecosystems and endangered species. The American spirit is surely up to the task. This is an outline of where to start. Please join us in this call to action.