A basic Google search proves that statement wrong. Rising sea levels are affecting their basic habitat as much as polar bears. Yes, poaching is a bigger issue in regards to animal extinction, but climate change does have a serious impact--hardly zero.
Rising sea levels are a result of mankind's pollution and depositing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which speeds up the process of the earth overheating -> climate change occurring more rapidly. Rising sea levels don't affect polar bears, the loss of sea ice in the Arctic does from the rising and constant warm temperatures (
also affects baby seal development as they are born on the ice). I'm assuming you're pulling facts on climate change and tigers
from this article, but again, climate change is not the issue so much as mankind is. The earth goes through cycles of cooling and heating on its own (due to its elliptical orbit around the sun and its slow disconnection from the moon which will occur before we all die from the massive heatwave - either from the magnetic swapping of the poles or from the sun's growth into a red giant; assuming the human species lives that long on Earth).
Saying climate change has a serious impact makes for a poor argument semantically - it's better (imo) to apply these issues to mankind/humanity as a whole, instead of "climate change" (because saying "climate change" asserts blame on an abstract entity, and not on the actual culprit that is humanity itself). Humans are responsible for the loss of habitat and poaching; CO2 (and other chemicals) pollution in the air from human overpopulation of the earth by and reformation of the earth's natural landscape for human use/consumption causes the greenhouse effect - by which ice in the Arctic and/or the Antarctic falls off and melts/disperses itself into the oceans.
The development of the earth towards solely human interests is the primary cause of climate change; if climate change was averted through human means, there's still a possibility that the Bengal tigers in that article would still lose their habitat due to it being cut down for human development, via poaching for their fur/teeth, or loss of prey.
organic and whole foods are a lot more expensive than most other kinds of food, and hybrid cars and electric cars are expensive and hard to find. It's like, only rich people are allowed to care about the environment.
At this point with the power of the internet and Google-fu (along with air-conditioning/heating in most developed countries' homes), you can grow any basic vegetable or fruit in the comfort of your home (or as
this guy did growing lettuce to an eventual crazy efficiency). It's just that most people don't have the time (or can allot aside the time; lack the living space to dedicate to that kind of venture [maybe?]) to spend growing things. (
and you know, those almond farms in California)
Electric cars and hybrid cars are actually a reality (bingbong,
Tesla Motors,
Nissan Leaf,
Ford Focus Electric,
BMW i3 and i8,
Chevy Volt,
Toyota's EVs,
Mitsubishi,
Audi,
Mercedes,
Honda). Sure, the price tag may be high at the moment depending on the automaker (or you could just be picky with a car's appearance), but it will eventually drop down as charging stations become as commonplace as gas stations, and there is more innovation in regards to improvement in the battery life for electric car batteries, solar panel material and design, etc.
It's more about just being a savvy customer and doing your research before buying a car.