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WASHINGTON—“Scrapping the Paris climate agreement is an abdication of American leadership in the fight against the biggest threat facing people and birds,” said David Yarnold (), ���Ĵ�ý’s president and CEO, in response to the to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accords, the world’s most ambitious greenhouse gas-reduction agreement to date.

“Our kids and grandkids are the losers in this misguided decision. So are that ���Ĵ�ý already knows are at risk because of climate change. We don't believe that's what Americans voted for in November.”

In 2014, ���Ĵ�ý scientists published the , which describes how climatic suitability for 314 species of North American birds is shifting and shrinking to the point where these species may disappear from their current ranges by 2080. Species include our national symbol, the , and other birds like the , and . Ignoring climate change will push many of the birds Americans know and love to extinction.

“The science is settled, the solutions are plentiful and birds tell us we need to act on climate right now to avoid catastrophe,” said Dr. Gary Langham, ���Ĵ�ý’s chief scientist and lead author of the Birds and Climate Change Report. “The sad alternative is a future with less birdsong and more regret.”

In response to the alarming findings of the Birds and Climate Change Report, ���Ĵ�ý has been engaging its one million members and supporters, including Republicans, Independents and Democrats, to to implement science-based solutions to reduce carbon pollution at the speed and scale required to ensure a better future for birds and people.

The ���Ĵ�ý protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. ���Ĵ�ý's state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, ���Ĵ�ý's vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. ���Ĵ�ý is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more how to help at and follow us on and at @audubonsociety.

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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3068.