Feelgood funding blocks eco-warriors

Which is more pressing – saving animals from extinction or saving the habitats that support them? Amounts spent on each show some odd logic

Conserving animals and birds attracts more than 10 times as much money from green foundations and philanthropists as campaigning on the overriding crisis of climate change, a report reveals.

Zac Goldsmith, one of the country’s leading activists, describes the disparity as “crazy” – and points out that, if global warming accelerates, countless species will become extinct, whatever conservation measures .

“If you want to raise money to save the polar bear you can do that easily,” he said. “But if you try to get it to campaign for increasing the fuel efficiency of cars to combat global warming, that is very difficult, even though polar bears will not survive climate change.

Independent