Human activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation has significantly increased the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gas leading to a global climate change.

This and its associated weather and climatic threats pose considerable challenges worldwide and mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change is a high priority for the international community. Global Warming is the most urgent issue of our time. In The Gambia and in most sub- Saharan countries, protecting tropical ecosystem and rainforest should be a moral obligation.

Farmers have expressed view that climate change is key to precondition for their choice to adapt. Even though a large number of them notice change in climate, almost two-thirds choose not to undertake any remedial actions. Among those who did adapt, common response included planting different crops, changing crop reaction, changing planting dates, increasing irrigation, diversifying crops and changing the amount of land grazed, among others. Many farmers also noticed a number of barriers to adaptation such as poverty, lack of access to credit, lack of saving.

However, lack of markets were also observed as a significant barrier to adaptation. We owe it to the future generation to preserve humanity from heading towards this. It is therefore our responsibility to create a better world, which is here to move biodiversity than any other ecosystem. This can only be done if we act urgently to change the path of tackling environmental issues. Human caused pollution has left our planet on the verge of tipping point at which ecosystem will die and release massive amount of carbon dioxide (Co2).

If this happens, the change to climate change could be irreversible, countless species will go extinct as a result and our economy and cultural way of life will be forever altered. However, climate change is expected to have serious environmental economic and social impact on many African countries.