Climate change has long shaped the distribution, adaptation, and extinction of terrestrial life. Past climate variability drove large-scale migrations, evolutionary innovations, and ecosystem restructuring, while modern human activities have added unprecedented pressures to biodiversity and habitats. Understanding the intricate connection between climate and life is essential for monitoring the ongoing biodiversity crisis and developing effective future conservation strategies.

This session explores how climate influences terrestrial life and ecosystems across timescales – from deep-time events to present, and the future challenges. We welcome multidisciplinary studies that integrate paleoecology, ecology, climate science, evolutionary biology, and conservation. Topics of interest include,

- Extinctions: drivers and ecological impacts
- Biodiversity shifts and emerging trends
- Vegetation and biome dynamics
- Climate- and human-induced habitat degradation
- Adaptation strategies of species and ecosystems
- Insights from advanced observations and climate-ecosystem models

By bridging past, present, and future perspective, this session aims to forge collaborations and cross-disciplinary dialogue on climate–life interactions.