--- description: "We have 11 islands here and we'd like to keep it that way," David Copperfield says title: Climate Change: Island Owners Like David Copperfield Fear Impacts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13f33f1d943166a/69885992196cf41c44036f83/necker-island.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Environment](/tag/environment/) ## Environment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Private-Island Owners Fret About Climate Change by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 2:45 PM CUT  Necker Island Necker IslandGetty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 2:45 PM CUT No man is an island when it comes to climate change — even if he owns one. Famed illusionist David Copperfield is among the few handfuls of A-list celebrities and billionaire businessmen who own private islands around the world. But he’s also part of an even more exclusive club: Island owners who say they are concerned about climate change and are making efforts to address its impacts. “It’s something I’m extremely concerned about,” Copperfield, who owns Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay, a private island resort off Great Exuma in the Bahamas, told NBC News. “We have 11 islands here and we’d like to keep it that way…” [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/some-private-island-owners-have-climate-change-their-minds-n385961?cid=par-time-article%5F20150705 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/"},"headline":"Private-Island Owners Fret About Climate Change","datePublished":"2015-07-05T14:45:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:58:07.525Z","description":"\"We have 11 islands here and we'd like to keep it that way,\" David Copperfield says","url":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/","keywords":["Environment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13f33f1d943166a/69885992196cf41c44036f83/necker-island.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13f33f1d943166a/69885992196cf41c44036f83/necker-island.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Necker Island","caption":"Necker Island","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/environment/","name":"Environment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/","name":"Private-Island Owners Fret About Climate Change"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change","description":"Climate Change","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ywHiuC83/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-05-09T17:46:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ywHiuC83.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/","duration":"PT48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945929/climate-change-private-island-david-copperfield/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```