Sustainable farming key to combating climate crisis losses

Sustainable agriculture offers the most effective long-term solution to the escalating climate crisis, which is causing irreversible damage to economies, ecosystems, and food systems

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JANUARY 2025 was the warmest January recorded despite the cooling influence of La Niña, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service, a knowledge repository. What is worse is that it was also confirmation of a continued pattern of increased global temperatures, which is threatening the very existence of humanity.

The continued rise of global temperatures is specifically taking a heavy toll on the agriculture sector due to unpredictable weather patterns leading to frequent floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms.

According to United Environment Programme (UNEP), loss and damage relates to the "unavoidable and irreversible impacts of the climate crisis". These losses are just not economical but climate change also comes with damage to infrastructure and crop yields and impact on biodiversity. Switching to sustainable agriculture is the most robust and long-lasting answer to tackle the state of climate emergency affecting the food production capacity of the world.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) states, "Agriculture employs more than one billion people and generates over $1.3 trillion worth of food annually. When agricultural operations are sustainably managed, they can preserve and restore critical habitats, help protect watersheds, and improve soil health and water quality. But unsustainable practices have serious impacts on people and the environment."