Climate change | agriculture as contributor, victim and solution

The agricultural sector is responsible for a quarter of manmade greenhouse gases and is therefore inextricably linked to the climate challenge. This is especially true since climate change is threatening food production, and also the livelihoods of billions of farmers around the world. They produce 80% of what we eat, but receive only 1.7% of climate funding. They are the primary victims of climate change.
Agriculture is both a contributor and a victim, but also a source of solutions, notably through the immense #carbon sequestration potential of soils.
With the end of the Koronivia process, COP27 will be decisive. CIRAD and its partners are calling for the agricultural and food sectors to be taken into account in climate talks as a matter of urgency. This is an essential step if we hope to obtain commitments from governments.

CIRAD, 2022

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