Connectivity is one key to conservation under anthropogenic climate change. Shortfalls in financial and political support are more critical constraints than deficiencies in biological data. This applies especially for private lands in developed nations and public lands in developing nations....

Local politics at Byron Bay on Australia’s east coast have led to misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the likely effects of climate change on sea-level and coastal erosion. A voting bloc of self proclaimed “green” members of the local government authority (LGA) has adopted policies...