Agriculture & climate are a 2-way street. Agriculture is a key contributor to GHG emissions & is also one of the most vulnerable sectors to a changing climate. Climate change will likely exacerbate agriculture's impacts (eg lower productivity ➡️ more land clearing to compensate ➡️ more emissions). 🧪
Agriculture’s global environmental impacts are widely expected to continue expanding, driven by population and economic growth and dietary changes. This Review highlights climate change as an addition...
And more habitat destruction.
Farmers and fossil-fuel guzzlers should be at each others' throats. But they are usually staunchly Republican.
"Greater investments in the discovery, adaptation, and cost reduction of emerging agricultural technologies could help make agriculture more reliable, sustainable, and climate resilient, as could the adoption of...healthier diets that would require far less land, water, and chemicals per capita."
No mention of expected genetic improvements or of new technology like methane and urease/ nitrification inhibitors, at least in what's not paywalled. I found this article to be more informative. thebreakthroughjournal.substack.com/p/will-clima...
No, But Bad Science Communication and Fear Mongering Might