Review article

FOOD WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS NOW

Mae Wan Ho ; Institute of Science in Society, London, GB

Abstract

Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and it is accelerating, says the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report. Eleven of the past twelve years are among the warmest since records began. Sea levels are rising faster than predicted. Heavy rains, droughts and heat waves are more frequent, and happening over larger areas of the globe. It will be considerably worse as the century progresses, IPCC predicts, and has “very high confidence” that human activities are to blame, most of all, in burning fossil fuels. The good news is we can do a lot to mitigate global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The extensive evidence presented in our Report, Food Futures Now, documents how organic agriculture and localised food (and energy) systems can potentially compensate for all greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities, and free us entirely from fossil fuels. Organic agriculture can guarantee cleaner, safer environment, greater biodiversity, more nutritious healthier foods, higher income and independence for farmers and more employment opportunities. It can regenerate local economies, revitalize local, indigenous knowledge and create social wealth.

Keywords

climate change; organic agriculture; localized food and energy system

Hrčak ID:

28417

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28417

Publication date:

25.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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