A Review on Climate Change and Biodiversity: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation Strategies

Abstract

Biodiversity has a very important role to play in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The good management of ecosystems such as wetlands and forests, remains an effective mitigation option given the high sequestration potential of natural systems. The permanence of carbon sinks is also tied to the maintenance or enhancement of the resilience of ecosystems. Major alterations in global weather patterns, increasing sea levels, and a rise in the frequency of extreme weather occurrences are all results of climate change brought on by human activity. This review synthesizes the latest scientific literature concerning the impact of climate change on global biodiversity, while also identifying and analyzing various adaptation and mitigation approaches that have been proposed or implemented. Global action must be swift and well-coordinated since these changes pose a threat to ecosystems, biodiversity, and human health. A shift in weather patterns over time that defines different parts of the world is known as global climate change. There is unanimous agreement among scientists that the globe is warming. The farming industry is especially fragile because of weather fluctuations that cannot be reversed. Consequently, it is upending global purchasing trends, particularly in nations where agriculture plays a major role in their output and economics. Increased flooding, dissolving glaciers and ice, and altered weather patterns are just a few of the effects of global warming that are already evident in many locations. Well-being of humans, availability of freshwater, and biodiversity are all being affected by climate change.