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Climate agreement must support shift toward sustainable agriculture
New paper series tackles climate challenges for agriculture
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, December 1, 2009
    To effectively address global climate change, policy solutions must
support a transition toward more sustainable agriculture systems that 
recognize the
critical role agriculture plays in the world, concludes a series of issue 
briefs released
today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). The papers 
are being
published a week before global climate talks begin in Copenhagen.
"We cannot truly address climate change without getting it right on 
agriculture,"
said IATP President Jim Harkness. "Agriculture is a contributor to climate 
change,
but just as importantly it profoundly affects land use around the world, and 
has the
potential to be part of the solution. Smart climate policy for agriculture 
can help
address hunger, support rural livelihoods, improve water quality and 
biodiversity,
and strengthen our energy security."
The climate series covers a wide range of topics:

more at
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19790.cfm