Billed to be a game-changer: the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act

Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis (pictured) are globally Near Threatened and have most of their breeding populations on the low-lying atolls of the USA’s North-Western Hawaiian Islands making them susceptible to the effects of climate change. Photograph by Eric VanderWerf

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that will invest 370 billion U.S. dollars into renewable energies, carbon reduction schemes and other initiatives to combat climate change.

Although climate change is only one factor contributing to the challenges many birds face for their survival, the signing of this bill signals a step in addressing the conservation crisis ACAP’s listed species are facing, and of which, climate change plays a role.

How will this new law help bird populations? The National Audubon Society has written about the key ways in which this bill will help the world’s birds. Read the full story here.

Posted 19 August 2022