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Klimawandel und Landwirtschaft: Verschiedene Reaktionen und Zuständigkeiten
Author(s) -
Straujuma Laimdota
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/1746-692x.12075
Subject(s) - futures studies , sustainability , agriculture , action (physics) , business , climate change , climate governance , sustainable agriculture , corporate governance , psychological resilience , political science , food systems , public relations , environmental planning , environmental resource management , food security , economics , geography , psychology , ecology , physics , archaeology , finance , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , psychotherapist , biology
Summary Climate change is one of the key challenges for the future of agriculture and food. Agriculture both contributes to and suffers from climate change. The interaction between both is of substantial complexity; the need for action is urgent and sometimes stakeholders lack scientific evidence or political will to agree on solutions. There are different lenses through which to address the interface between agriculture and climate change: mitigation, adaptation, resilience, sustainable intensification and civic response. However none of these directions of desirable action would provide the only right answer on their own. There is a need for multiple solutions and aligned action at every governance level involving all actors in the food system: farmers, food industry, consumers and regulatory institutions. Every actor needs to take certain responsibilities. We have to be innovative, responsive and practice solidarity, looking for transition pathways. Recent EU Framework projects and foresight exercises on agriculture provide policymakers with relevant insights and recommendations. This article considers four directions in which responses and shared responsibilities could be enabled to address the climate challenge in agriculture: recognise multiple modernisation pathways; support learning and innovation networks; harness local resources and solutions; and acknowledge ‘quiet’ sustainability. There is reflection on the policy implications at EU , Member State and more local levels.