Saving a Million Species reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesise the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications.

Saving a Million Species offers a clear explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policy-makers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity take on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change – the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared.

• Examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media and policy impact of this unique study
• Presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past
• Explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record
• Sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change
• Considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates