The Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Development: Challenges and Solutions
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The issue of climate change is now a serious threat to sustainable development and it is interfering with ecosystems, economies and human well-being. The climatic extremes which have increased in frequency with floods, droughts, storms influence agriculture, water resource, biodiversity, and infrastructure accompanied by a slow rise in temperature levels throughout the world. All these effects have weakened the realization of major sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially those focusing on poverty eradication, food security and the availability of clean water. The issue of climate change needs a combined approach that entails mitigation strategies that involve reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the adaptation measures that will help in mitigating the changes that are bound to occur. By sustaining urban planning, agriculture and disaster management in improving resource efficiency and promoting renewable energy as well as building climate resilience we will go miles in having a stable future. The impediments created by climate change on the path of sustainable development and insight into the possible ways out that we can develop to establish a better and more resilient and equal society globally.
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