In 2008, before the climate summit in Copenhagen, I wrote the book Soil Not Oil.
It was a time when the intimate connections between climate and
agriculture, air and soil were not being recognized in any forum,
neither in the negotiations on climate change nor in the climate movement. As we head into the Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, agri-corporations are attempting to hijack climate talks once again.
Today we are faced with two crises on a planetary scale—climate change and species extinction.
Our current modes of production and consumption are contributing to
what climate change scientists term anthropogenic emissions—originating
from human activity. If no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gases,
we could experience a catastrophic 4C increase in temperature by the end of the century.
Our
current modes of production and consumption are contributing to what
climate change scientists term anthropogenic emissions—originating from
human activity. Photo credit: The Corvallis Advocate
In addition to global warming, climate change is leading to the intensification of droughts, floods, cyclones and other extreme weather events that are costing lives. What can we do to mitigate this? Like the problem, the solution must be anthropogenic. MORE
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