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Factsheet: Climate Change



Acknowledgements:

Authors: Lena Wietheger, Louisa Winkler, Marco Schlüter, Antje Kölling
Scientific advisors:
Dr. Sc.agr. Urs Niggli (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Switzerland), Robert Jordan (IFOAM World)
Photography:
Dorota Metera (Poland)
Design and layout:
Arthur


Sources and further reading:

Aubert, C. (2007), Can organic agriculture mitigate the impact
of agriculture on global warming?, International Conference on
Organic Agriculture and Food Security, Rome, 3-5 May 2007, FAO
. [Conference Paper]

Badgley, C. et al.(2007), Organic agriculture and the global food supply, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 22:86-108. [Journal Article]

Muller, A. and Davis, J.S. (2009), Reducing global warming: the potential of organic agriculture [Policy Brief]

Niggli, U. et al. (2009), Low Greenhouse Gas Agriculture: Mitigation and Adaptation Potential of Sustainable Farming Systems, Report for the FAO, April 2009, Rev. 2 – 2009. [Report]

Niggli, U. et al. (2007), Organic agriculture and environmental stability of the global food supply, International Conference on Food Security, FAO, 3-5 May 2007 [Conference Paper]

Niggli, U. et al. (2007), Organic Farming and Climate Change, Geneva: International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO. [Report]

Pimentel, D. (2006), Impacts of Organic Farming on the Efficiency of Energy Use in Agriculture, an Organic Center State of Science Review. [Report]

Smith, P. et al. (2007), Agriculture in Climate Change Mitigation, Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave, L.A. Meyer (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA [Report]

UNEP (2009), Climate and Trade Policies in a Post-2012 World. [Report]

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