Developing the Consensus

How was the Consensus developed?

The Scientific Consensus for Wildlife and Climate was developed through a facilitated process, convened by the World Federation for Animals, its member organisations, and the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

A regionally representative group of scientists and researchers working across species groups, ecosystems and relevant disciplines were invited to contribute their knowledge on the relationships between wild animals, ecosystem functioning and climate-relevant processes. This group includes (listed alphabetically by surname):

Trisha Atwood, Utah State University
Carolina Bello, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Fabio Berzaghi*, World Maritime University, Sweden
Charles Emogor, University of Cambridge, UK
Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira, Federal University of Para, Brazil
Ninad Mungi, Aarhus University, Denmark
Heidi Pearson, University of Alaska Southeast
Jerome Pinti, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, US
Jayashree Ratnam, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
Nathan Roberts, Northeast Forestry University, China
Oswald Schmitz, Yale University School of the Environment
Jens Christian Svenning, Aarhus University, Denmark

Their inputs were reviewed and synthesised to identify recurring themes, shared conclusions and points of convergence. Successive drafts were then refined with the drafting group, with particular attention to scientific caution, clarity, balance and avoiding overstatement.

The final statement was then circulated to the wider research community for sign-on by researchers with relevant experience in related fields.

* Fabio Berzaghi's research was funded by the EU project OceanICU (101083922).