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Warming Is Raising the Risk of Encounters With Venomous Snakes

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Nature & Climate Perspective

**Rising global temperatures are forcing venomous snake species to migrate into new territories, disrupting local food webs and destabilizing biodiversity baselines crucial for nature-based carbon projects. **

  • Climate-driven range shifts of reptilian predators alter trophic cascades, threatening the ecological balance of vulnerable habitats.
  • Increased human-wildlife conflict in reforested areas impacts the execution of LULUCF projects by complicating manual planting, maintenance, and ground-truthing monitoring efforts.
  • Habitat degradation and shifting species compositions threaten the biological integrity and baseline permanence assumptions of forestry-based carbon offset programs.

Market & Policy Outlook

**The escalation of human-wildlife conflict due to climate migration poses severe operational and social risks to land-use projects, directly challenging the safeguard requirements of the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). **

  • Regulatory frameworks under Article 6.4 and regional jurisdictions may face stricter scrutiny regarding local community safety, labor conditions, and ecological risk assessments.
  • Insurance premiums and operational risk mitigation costs for nature-based solutions (NBS) are projected to rise, potentially creating a discount on the market pricing of affected carbon assets.
  • Corporations aligning with SBTi and TNFD guidelines must adapt their Scope 3 upstream risk assessments to account for climate-induced health and safety hazards within agricultural and forestry supply chains.
The risk of snakebites is increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures, a study of venomous snakes has found. Read more on E360 →
The risk of snakebites is increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures, a study of venomous snakes has found.Read more on E360 →

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