Livestock—poultry, small ruminants (such as goats and sheep), cattle, and pigs—provide many benefits for human well-being.
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Si l’on veut atteindre les objectifs fondamentaux d’atténuation des changements climatiques et d’adaptation à ces changements, il faut y inclure l’agriculture. En effet, il existe des liens importants entre agriculture et changements climatiques.
La bioenergía --es decir, los biocombustibles de origen biológico y renovable, como el bioetanol, el biodiesel y la biomasa utilizada para generar energía-- es un tema que acapara cada vez más atención en todo el mundo.
Si se espera alcanzar las metas fundamentales de mitigación y adaptación del cambio climático, la agricultura debe ser parte integral de las negociaciones internacionales sobre clima.
Of the five principal global carbon pools, the ocean pool is the largest at 38.4 trillion metric tons (mt) in the surface layer, followed by the fossil fuels (4.13 trillion mt), soils (2.5 trillion mt to a depth of one meter), biotic (620 billion
Agriculture and climate change: Direct and indirect mitigation through tree and soil management
Many opportunities exist for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through better management of trees and soils.
Climate change will bring with it increased frequency of two types of natural disasters that affect agriculture and rural households: droughts and floods.
Even with abundant evidence of the urgent need for action on climate change mitigation, there are still those who consider mitigation strategies a burden.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soils are responsible for about 3 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which cause climate change, and contribute approximately one-third of non-CO2 agricultural GHG emissions.
Rice is grown on more than 140 million hectares worldwide and is the most heavily consumed staple food on earth. Ninety percent of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in Asia, and 90 percent of rice land is—at least temporarily—flooded.
If fundamental climate change mitigation and adaptation goals are to be met, international climate negotiations must include agriculture.
Facilitating carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems could provide a significant amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) abatement, which is necessary to limit global temperature increases to only 2 degrees Celsius in the next century un
An open and flexible global trading environment plays a constructive role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation. A new international climate change regime and global trade rules should ideally be mutually reinforceable.
Higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, and changes in the frequency and severity of extreme climate events will have significant consequences for food production and food security.
Agriculture and climate change: Synergies among mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development
There is very significant cost-effective greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential in agriculture. The mitigation potential at a range of future carbon prices is similar to the potential in the industry, energy, transport, and forestry sectors.
Biomass energy programs offer a wide range of potential benefits for developing countries.