Climate Action for Nature "It is not the strongest of the
species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." - Charles
Darwin ECCo scientists recognize that climate change has the
potential to jeopardize much of the regional conservation and
restoration work that has been done over the past 30 years. As a
member of Chicago Wilderness (CW), an alliance of over 250
organizations dedicated to restoring biodiversity in the region,
the team helped to develop and launch the CW Climate Action Plan
for Nature (CAPN) in 2010. This Plan specifically addresses
climate change impacts to the natural communities spanning
across a four-state region and represents an ecosystem-based
approach to responding to climate change. The CAPN complements
the Chicago Climate Action Plan, focused on human health and the
built and natural environments within the City of Chicago, and
ECCo ecologists work collaboratively with Chicago's Department
of Environment on urban ecosy