Climate change is a hot topic in the United States—one of the only nations still debating the basic science behind whether or not climate change is happening. We know with increasing certainty that climate change is occurring and we are observing its impacts on different ecosystems around the globe and on biodiversity. As a UN accredited Observer representing the American Chemical Society at the 2014 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 20<sup>th</sup> Conference of Parties in Lima, Peru, I investigated an extensive range of direct and indirect effects that climate change can have on different species in all types of environments, the majority of which are negative and harmful. This talk will focus on impacts that climate change has on biodiversity as well as what humans are doing to mitigate these effects.

Climate change impacts on biodiversity and mitigation efforts

249th National Meeting (2015)

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