10 surprising climate change facts

20 – percent of all global CO2 emissions caused by deforestation

2 trillion – amount in dollars that burning and clearing forests costs the global economy every year as valued through lost fresh water, food and timber and carbon reduction

70 – number of species of South and Central American frogs that have gone extinct, likely due to climate change

95 – percent of living coral Australia?s Great Barrier Reef may lose by 2050 due to climate change

25 – percent of all land animals and plants at risk of extinction due to climate change

25 – percent of all emissions reductions called for by 2050 that could be achieved by conserving and restoring tropical forests

143 million – acres of forest Conservation International has helped conserve over the last three years

40 – number of cars, trucks and SUVs? yearly emissions offset by conserving just one acre of threatened tropical forest

15 – the cost in dollars for protecting one acre of forest with Conservation International. Protect an acre today

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