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Climatic change is a reality that faced by the world that seems to be failed understanding of the phenomena. Human being can reduce the impacts of climatic change. They can do so if they realize the need to work together. The authors of this chapter attempt to show how human activities can increase the negative impacts of climatic change by way of lifestyle. For example, human beings contribute to surface water runoff and flooding. Human beings can also increase the carbon dioxide content of the air from fuel burning. The options would be alternatives or greener fuel and reducing the number of cars on the road. In terms of the alternatives, we must increase the solar research and applications and manage the nitrogen and carbon cycle through understanding of the environment and the ecosystem. The alternatives and options are exposed in the book chapter. Moreover, this chapter also tries to reduce the unnecessary fear of the climatic impacts on human beings by suggesting steps and alternatives and possible international cooperative efforts.
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Lee, W.C., Baharuddin, A.H. (2018). Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Malaysia. In: Omran, A., Schwarz-Herion, O. (eds) The Impact of Climate Change on Our Life. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7748-7_10
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