Climbats - COST Action CA18107
Climate Change and Bats: from Science to Conservation
Description of the Action
Climate change poses major threats to biological communities and the ecosystem services they provide. Bats are sensitive to human-driven habitat alteration, and changes in temperature and water availability induced by climate change may affect their distribution and survival.
Climate change is therefore likely to influence European bat populations and, by affecting insect consumption by bats in farmland, forests and urban areas, there are likely to be serious consequences for both conservation and the economy.





Focus Areas
Bat distribution change
Define, predict and quantify the effects of climate change on bats across Europe
Bat monitoring networks
Establish strategies to develop a network to monitor and predict changes in bat distribution and inform future management and policy
Insect consumption
Evaluate the effects of climate change on insectivory provided by bats in farmland
Lastest Updates
#windturbines are positive for #climate but can be negative for #bats and #birds. This situation is considered as a green-green dilemna but has concrete solutions like #curtailing. Read more in the blogpost from @ConservConflict https://medium.com/@ConservConflict/conflict-exploration-wind-turbines-407ed2affb46
Interested in bats? Interested in climate change? Interested in how climate change affects bats? Look no more and follow @batstothefuture #bats #conservation #climatechange #climatecrisis https://climbats.eu/
We are looking to develop a network to monitor and predict changes in #bat distribution, and inform future conservation in Europe. Step 1: find out what is already being done. #climatechange http://www.climbats.eu @COSTprogramme