AMU professor Nizamuddin Khan delivers lecture at an international congress

AMU professor delivers lecture: Speaking at the first International Hybrid Congress on “Geodiversity, Geoheritage, Geotourism, Geoeducation, Geoparks and Sustainable Development Goals,” held recently in Safi, Marrakech, Morocco, Prof. Nizamuddin Khan of Aligarh Muslim University said that “the trend of global warming is continuing and in the future the world would be facing great challenges of weather extremes like intense drought, flooding, flash and heavy rainfall, melting of ice and increasing of sea-level, catastrophic storms and declining of biodiversity.”

Professor Khan emphasised the dangers surrounding rising global temperatures today, noting that between 1901 and 2020, temperatures increased by almost 1.3 degrees Celsius. The last four decades have all been warmer than any other decade since 1850, with the most recent decade (2011–2020) being the warmest on record.

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According to him, the two most significant effects of climate change on agriculture globally are a reduction in planted areas and a decline in agricultural production. According to Cline W. (2007) in Global Warming and Agriculture, extreme climatic conditions such severe drought and unusual rainfall would cause agricultural productivity to drop from 15 to 25 percent in tropical developing nations, including India, on all continents.

In order to combat the effects of climate change, Prof. Khan recommended the establishment of climate-change-resilient agriculture.