School of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab
1Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab
An attempt has been made to review the impact of climate change on biodiversity and agriculture thereby suggesting measures to mitigate these impacts. The spatial distribution of surface warming suggests a mean annual rise in temperature in north India by 3°C by 2050. However a marginal increase of 7–10 per cent in annual rainfall is projected over the sub-continent by 2080. There may be the chances that some species of trees, flora and fauna may vanish and others emerge out coupled with the loss of several hyper-thermo-sensitive crops. The global production may decrease in developing and increase in developed countries.
Climate change, biodiversity, impact, temperature, rainfall
