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Irregularity in precipitation
Natural life cycle is disturbed
Causes flood, landslide and soil erosion.

Melting of snow causes rising up of water level which will endanger the
coastal areas and islands to submerge under water.
Untimely ripening of seasonal fruits and blooming flowers

Destruction of biodiversity
Desertification, cause forest fire, etc.
Climate change is the burning issues and serious threat to the world. Therefore
many developed countries are showing concerned to minimize the effect of climate
change. Some of the efforts are given below:

1. UN conference on climate change, 2010 was organized in Mexico.
2. The 15th UN conference on climate change was held in Copenhagen on
December 7 to 18, 2009.
3. Nepal Ministerial Meeting was organized at the Base camp of Sagarmatha-
Kalapathar in 2009.
4. The underwater Cabinet Meeting, 2009 in the Maldives
5. The UN Climate Change Conference COP 17 was held in Durban, South
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America from 28 November to 9 December 2011. Similarly, it organized
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summits on 2012 in Doha, Qatar, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, 2014 June, Lema,
Peru, 2015 in Paris, France and expected to be held in 7-18 November, 2016
in Marrakech, Morocco,
Climate change can bring vulnerable situation so it is a global
concern. It is alarming to the least developed agricultural countries,
mountainous regions, coastal regions islands and low lying areas. So,
there have been collective efforts on national and international levels
to mitigate their problems. The Mexico conference in 2010 AD has
established a Green Climate Fund which has established to collect one
hundred million dollars every year till 2020 AD to control the effects of
climate change on poor countries is the main objective for raising fund.
Measures to control the effects of climate change

Reducing the use of coal, firewood and petroleum products
Generate hydro electricity and encourage people to use alternative source of
energy like solar energy, wind energy, biogas, etc.
Minimize the use of materials which emit CFC gases.
Encourage afforestation to conserve biodiversity.

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