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... this world to unite to face the climatechange While agriculture has traditionally been the focus of attention on climatechange impact, nearly every sector is sensitive toclimatechange and ... to adapt to the climate changes etc Meeting the Challenges ofClimateChange These approaches are essentially three different kinds of arguments about the best way to address the problem ofclimate ... external forcings, or to persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use Causes ofclimate change: The causes ofclimatechange can be divided into two categories...