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It is obvious that following all these strategies is not so easy.
But at this scenario, even a small step can make a difference
and a small change is worthwhile.

Conclusion Nevertheless, climate change is inevitable. Therefore, we must

try to cope with the threats of climate change to maintain the
biodiversity for the cause of the human civilisation. The most
crucial difficulty in finding out a strategy is that we do not
know exactly what is going to happen due to climate change.
Whatever predicted is highly speculative and evidences are
meagre to formulate an effective strategy to combat the climate
change. Therefore, it is time to intensify research on the areas
of the effect of changing climate variables on the biological
system. This should not be restricted just to species adapta-
tion or performance change, but in a realistic way, the whole
physiology of the biological system at the biochemical and
molecular level should be taken into consideration to acquire
the real understanding about the effect of climate change. This
must be taken under a mega global platform for climate change
research.

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