Aligning renewable energy expansion with climate-driven range shifts

Uzma Ashraf, Toni Lyn Morelli, Adam B. Smith and Rebecca R. Hernandez ()
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Uzma Ashraf: University of California
Toni Lyn Morelli: Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Adam B. Smith: Missouri Botanical Garden
Rebecca R. Hernandez: University of California

Nature Climate Change, 2024, vol. 14, issue 3, 242-246

Abstract: Abstract Fossil fuel dependence can be reduced, in part, by renewable energy expansion. Increasingly, renewable energy siting seeks to avoid significant impacts on biodiversity but rarely considers how species ranges will shift under climate change. Here we undertake a systematic literature review on the topic and overlay future renewable energy siting maps with the ranges of two threatened species under future climate scenarios to highlight this potential conflict.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-01941-3

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