IUCN Adds 1840 New Species To Red List

• 11 Jan 2020

• The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added 1,840 new species to its catalogue of plants and animals that risk extinction. The list now contains more than 30,000 species under threat of disappearing. The IUCN mentioned it was increasingly clear that climate change on its own was a growing threat.
• The latest update was released at COP25 climate talks in Madrid.