This report on organic agriculture and climate change was commissioned by the IFOAM-EU Group and researched and written by FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). It highlights organic agriculture’s potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change and underlines the importance of adopting a systemic approach - one which encompasses consumption - to reducing all the environmental impacts of agriculture.
To provide healthy food in a sustainable way, the report authors argue that we need to transform the food & farming system and transition to agriculture and food production that can adapt to unavoidable climate change, preserve our natural heritage such as biodiversity, sustains the quality of our soils, and that improve the livelihood of farmers. The report provides a comprehensive discussion of these varied, yet interlinked, issues.
Chapters cover:
- Understanding agriculture’s share of greenhouse gas emissions and where they come from
- How can agricultural greenhouse gas emissions be mitigated?
- The potential of organic farming to contribute to climate change mitigation
- Beyond climate change mitigation: the multiple benefits of organic farming
- How the EU can help improve agriculture practices and simultaneously work towards its climate change goals
- Conclusions and recommendations
You can read the full report here and see the IFOAM-EU press release here.
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