It’s no longer news or mirage that climate change is biting hard on our planet, over time we have seen the effects of climate change around and within us.
The question now is, ‘WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?’’ What a question that needs profound answers.
Before we look into that, let’s look at some of the effects of climate change around us so that we can be kept abreast of this very important topic.
The EFFECTS:
- Increased environmental temperatures
- Irregular rain patterns
- Excessive rays of sunlight
- Increased drought
- Loss of some specific plants and animals
- Health-related issues
- Rising ocean tides can lead to a flood
- Sometimes poor fruiting in plants
- Poor animal production
- Loss of Investments in Agriculture
Am quite sure you have seen that it is becoming very difficult to predict the weather nowadays, when you think there will be rainfall, you might experience drought, when you think there will be prolonged drought, you might experience much rainfall.
The effects and challenges posed by climate change are quite numerous, this tells you and I that we need to wake up and be proactive in order to overcome the challenges posed by it.
On your farm, you would have noticed your livestock might be experiencing low production and this in turn will affect your profit, even crops are not left out of all these.
We have seen the problem, the next thing we need to think of is ‘’SOLUTION’’.
There are TWO major approaches to handling the issue of climate change, though they work hand in hand. They are:
- Adaptation
- Mitigation
Adaptation means we try to cope with it, we try to position ourselves in ways whereby we won’t feel the effect of climate change that much.
Mitigation involves reducing the activities that can promote or increase the effects of climate change on the planet.
We will stop here today; next time we will go deep into the two approaches to handling climate change.
To your success.
Adegbamigbe Adewumi.
