Category FAQs Search : Urban Farming
Question: Climate change adaptation and mitigation through urban agriculture: A Montreal case study
Answer: Climate change is a reality that can no longer afford to be disregarded. Mitigation efforts must be
intensified, but it is clear that mitigation alone will not be sufficient to prevent human and
ecosystem losses. Adaptation measures must be taken to prepare global populations for the
inevitable challenges that will come with shifting climatic zones, changing weather patterns, and
more unpredictable and extreme weather events. In Montreal, climate change poses threats to
public health, food security, economic development, and the urban infrastructure.
Abstract
Urban agriculture can help cities address climate change at the local level and prepare urban
populations to deal with the challenges it brings. In addition to the many environmental, social,
health, and economic benefits is has always brought to cities, urban agriculture now has a role to
play as a climate change adaptation strategy. Increasing biologically productive green space will
help to relieve the urban heat island effect, serve as a water management strategy, and enhance
urban food security. In addition, urban agriculture will help to mitigate further climate change by
reducing transportation needs and transforming the current agricultural practices that contribute
to global warming. Mitigation remains a crucial aspect of addressing climate change because it
reduces the magnitude of future calamities and the need for more drastic adaptation measures.
(Source: , 23 Sep 2021)
Source Link: https://www.cip-icu.ca/Files/Resources/Report3-Lebedeva