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Agriculture has a share of 5% energy use globally. Most of the source is not from the renewable sources leading huge amount of GHG (greenhouse gases) emission. As per the Paris agreement on the use of climate change the major emphasis should be given for reducing GHG emission. Therefore, the process of agriculture needs a modification. It was observed that the various forms of ecological footprint are very important for environmental sustainability of agroecosystem. Energy footprint estimation is a key issue in the era of energy crisis. Improved technology and processes has improved the lifestyle of common man and as a consequence of that the energy consumption has given at tremendous rise. The non-renewable energy sources are declining at a fast rate and therefore, emphasizing switching over to renewable alternatives. Moreover, the energy demand and footprint is increasing day by day. In the agroecosystem with improved agrotechnology and mechanization of the agriculture practices the energy requirement is gradually increasing day by day. It is leading to release of huge amount of GHG emission from the agroecosystem leading to increase in energy subsidy in agriculture sector. Energy footprint estimation in cropping system is therefore most needed aspect at the present time. Further emission of huge amount of GHG from the agroecosystem is creating the problem of climate change and global warming. Therefore, the climate footprint of the earth ecosystem is also reflecting changing pattern. It is also hampering the agricultural productivity and production. Proper management of agriculture through organic farming, crop rotation and other indigenous technologies under changing climate has become the biggest challenge on the earth surface. The concept of energy footprint is associated with the level of GHG emission that is taking place from various sectors of agroecosystem. Addressing environmental sustainability in the field of agriculture requires sustainable and integrated management of resources along with emission reduction of GHGs. This would help to reduce the energy footprint of the agroecosystem and subsequently help in combating climate change. The pattern of climate footprint needs to be conserved in order to avoid the hazards of the changing climate that is challenging the issue of environmental sustainability. Therefore, analysing climate and energy footprint is a key issue from agroecosystem point of view in order to attain environmental sustainability of the agriculture sector.

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Abbreviations

AFOLU:

Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use

C:

Carbon

CF:

Carbon Footprint

CFP:

Carbon Footprint Potential

CH4 :

Methane

CO2:

Carbon Dioxide

EU:

European Union

GGE:

Global Greenhouse Emission

GHG:

Greenhouse Gases

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

LCA:

Life Cycle Assessment

N:

Nitrogen

N2O:

Nitrous Oxide

WF:

Water Footprint

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Banerjee, A., Jhariya, M.K., Raj, A., Yadav, D.K., Khan, N., Meena, R.S. (2021). Energy and Climate Footprint Towards the Environmental Sustainability. In: Banerjee, A., Meena, R.S., Jhariya, M.K., Yadav, D.K. (eds) Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9496-0_14

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