PlantACT! – how to tackle the climate crisis. (May 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hirt, Heribert; Al-Babili, Salim; Almeida-Trapp, Marilia; Martin, Antoine; Aranda, Manuel; Bartels, Dorothea; Bennett, Malcolm; Blilou, Ikram; Boer, Damian; Boulouis, Alix; Bowler, Chris; Brunel-Muguet, Sophie; Chardon, Fabien; Colcombet, Jean; Colot, Vincent; Daszkowska-Golec, Agata; Dinneny, Jose R.; Field, Ben; Froehlich, Katja; Gardener, Catherine H.; Gojon, Alain; Gomès, Eric; Gomez-Alvarez, Eva María; Gutierrez, Crisanto; Havaux, Michel; Hayes, Scott; Heard, Edith; Hodges, Michael; Alghamdi, Amal Khalaf; Laplaze, Laurent; Lauersen, Kyle J.; Leonhardt, Nathalie; Johnson, Xenie; Jones, Jonathan; Kollist, Hannes; Kopriva, Stanislav; Krapp, Anne; Masson, Mauricio Lopez-Portillo; McCabe, Matthew F.; Merendino, Livia; Molina, Antonio; Moreno Ramirez, Jose L.; Mueller-Roeber, Bernd; Nicolas, Michael; Nir, Ido; Orduna, Izamar Olivas; Pardo, Jose M.; Reichheld, Jean-Philippe; Rodriguez, Pedro L.; Rouached, Hatem; Saad, Maged M.; Schlögelhofer, Peter; Singh, Kirti A.; De Smet, Ive; Stanschewski, Clara; Stra, Alice; Tester, Mark; Walsh, Catherine; Weber, Andreas P.M.; Weigel, Detlef; Wigge, Philip; Wrzaczek, Michael; Wulff, Brande B.H.; Young, Iain M.;
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 28:Number 5(2023)
• Page Start: 537
• Page End: 543
• Publication Date: 2023-05
• Subjects: greenhouse gas emission -- climate change -- agriculture -- food safety -- water use efficiency -- nitrogen use efficiency -- carbon sequestration; Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.01.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

Highlights: Agriculture contributes to global climate change by producing 20–25% of greenhouse gases (GHGs). CO2 is released from deforestation and land conversion, methane from rice paddy fields, and nitrous oxides from overfertilization. An increasing world population requires a change in the agro food systems, including a reduction in chemical fertilizers and pesticides as well as the production and access to food. Abstract: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have created a global climate crisis which requires immediate interventions to mitigate the negative effects on all aspects of life on this planet. As current agriculture and land use contributes up to 25% of total GHG emissions, plant scientists take center stage in finding possible solutions for a transition to sustainable agriculture and land use. In this article, the PlantACT! (Plants for climate ACTion!) initiative of plant scientists lays out a road map of how and in which areas plant scientists can contribute to finding immediate, mid-term, and long-term solutions, and what changes are necessary to implement these solutions at the personal, institutional, and funding levels.