Stručni rad
Agriculture – A Stakeholder in the Causality of Climate Change
Danijel Jug
orcid.org/0000-0002-2871-0333
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Taking into account the particularities of individual disciplines, the approach to climate change issues must be examined on an interdisciplinary level and set as an imperative for all future activities. Only the totality of human thought and action, with the intention to correctly define the form and the level of environmental impact of certain economic activities, as well as pointing to them, can result in setting precise starting points with a clearly visible goal - mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Topics on the impact of climate change on our lives, the environment and the ecosystem in general are on a daily basis and with growing attention occupying the overall media space, attracting the public's attention and becoming an important and even essential issue of any serious political action. From this view the climate changes project two basic principles: the principle of causality, according to which the weight of the consequences should be commensurate with the weight of responsibility, and the levelling principle, according to which further actions must be towards reduction and mitigation of climate damage, primarily to protect the natural foundations of life. Different scientific disciplines have different approaches to the problem of climate change. However, what unifies them is the common point of interest that exists in man, humanity and in their existence.
Agriculture is a human existential basis that is significantly impaired precisely by agriculture. This paradox stems from the fact that the agricultural production is a significant polluter of the environment, and an important stakeholder in the climate change. Consequently, climate change undermines the basic human existential need, food. Every projection of further agricultural development, especially in the long term, must necessarily include, in addition to environmental, economic and social factors, the climatic factor, as well. There are many possible solutions, and acting according to them should be carried out in three main directions/levels: the stagnation of further environmental degradation (primarily the atmosphere), the mitigation of the causes of climate change, and the adaptation to the impacts of climate changes.
Ključne riječi
climate change; Laudato si'; agriculture; Earth; soil
Hrčak ID:
157299
URI
Datum izdavanja:
5.5.2016.
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