Climate Change and Human-Wildlife Conflict: An Analysis of Climate Crowd Data

As we experience intensifying environmental changes and resource scarcity, humans and wildlife are altering their behaviors, leading to increased competition for food and water and escalating human-wildlife conflict. WWF’s Climate Crowd report highlights the interconnectedness of human and wildlife responses to climate stressors and the complex dynamics that drive conflict, based on data from key-informant interviews about how communities on the ground are experiencing and coping with climate change. The findings of this report underscore how climate stressors are putting people and wildlife at odds with each other, ultimately contributing to human-wildlife conflict.