Wendy Foden

TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the rapidly developing field of climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) and describe key concepts, terms, steps and considerations, and stress the importance of identifying the full range of pressures, impacts and their associated mechanisms that species face and using this as a basis for selecting the appropriate assessment approaches for quantifying vulnerability.

TL;DR: The reasons for concern framework as mentioned in this paper has been widely used in the literature to assess risks in relation to varying levels of climate change, and is a cornerstone of the most recent IPCC assessments.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed population census of the entire geographical range of Aloe dichotoma Masson, a long-lived Namib Desert tree, together with data from repeat photographs was used to show that a developing range shift in this species is a fingerprint of anthropogenic climate change.

TL;DR: This work identifies major gaps in data available for assessing global biodiversity threats and suggests mechanisms for closing them.

TL;DR: In this article, a general framework for incorporating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programs based on well-established ecological principles and experiences is proposed, and a three-tiered approach is proposed for biodiversity assessment, where lower tiers can provide a realistic starting point for countries with fewer data and lower technical capacities.