- 生物多樣性的消失率很驚人，比因自然因素滅絕的速度要高上1,000 到10,000倍。
「目前物種滅絕的速度遠遠超過任何化石紀錄。」（《皇家學會哲學會刊B輯：生物學》〔Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (Biological Science)〕）
由於各國無法達成保護動植物生命的目標，生態系統可能朝向永久性的損害。（聯合國環境規劃署〔UNEP〕，2010年）
- 目前每天高達270種獨特的物種在消失。.
- 由於氣候變遷以及其他大部分的人為因素，有些專家說，地球將經歷「第6次大滅絕」。
- 當全球平均氣溫上升超過攝氏3.5度，全球各地高達70%的物種可能會滅絕。（聯合國跨政府氣候變遷小組）
2010年各物種受影響的最新報導：
- 由於海冰減少，自1975年以來，南極企鵝數量銳減80%以上。
- 由於氣候變遷造成過早解凍或結冰，植物性食物無法取得，北極馴鹿因此紛紛餓死，其數量正急遽下降當中。
- 2010年9月，數萬隻海象由於缺乏平常休憩的海冰，不尋常地都跑上岸來，這種情況在2007年和2009年也發生過。
- 候鳥們紛紛死亡，因為不合時宜的旅行，使他們到達目的地時沒有足夠的食物可吃，例如濕地已經乾涸，不再能提供他們棲息地。
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