Actions can be as simple as: bundling up and turn down the heat by five degrees; turn off your car engine when idling in line or at a traffic light; or walk, bus or take your bike to work or school. If you are feeling more motivated consider: organizing a community service day or an event like a polar bear plunge to raise awareness and funds to support PBI.

Polar bears are completely dependent upon large expanses of sea ice to hunt, feed and survive. They use the sea ice as a platform to capture seals and other prey. Global warming caused by GHGs means less ice for shorter periods for Polar bears to hunt on.

The western Hudson Bay polar bear population in Manitoba declined 22 percent between 1987 and 2004. If current trends persist they could be the first polar bear population driven extinct by global warming. Manitoba has new legislation to protect polar bears, and 2009 protected some polar bear habitat. Several other candidates for new protected areas along Hudson Bay need action urgently.