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Climate Change and the Ethics of Agriculture

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Handbook of Philosophy of Climate Change

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Abstract

Agriculture is one of the dimensions where climate change is having its most devastating effects. As the impact of climate change affects disproportionally those who have contributed the least to it, i.e., the smallholder farmers in the Global South, and who at the same time are the ones with the least disposable income to adapt to these changes, it leads to a major challenge for global justice. This chapter introduces different forms of inequality that are aggravated by climate change, discusses the implications of emphasizing on mitigation and adaptation to the new climatic conditions, argues for the need to reduce the multiple wastages in agriculture and food consumption and the importance of building resilient farming systems, presents the challenges of innovating fairly to respond to the climate emergency, and analyzes the ethical implication of changing landscapes and land uses. It concludes by listing the main challenges of compensating for climate injustices.

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    Cristian Timmermann

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    Gianfranco Pellegrino

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Timmermann, C. (2023). Climate Change and the Ethics of Agriculture. In: Pellegrino, G., Di Paola, M. (eds) Handbook of Philosophy of Climate Change. Handbooks in Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16960-2_70-1

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