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Climate Change and Agriculture\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Written By: Sahaer N<\/span>
\n<\/span>Edited By: Tianna Mair<\/span>
\n<\/span>Designed By: Jiya<\/span>
\n<\/span>Published By: Linda Qi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What is climate change? <\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change is the long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. Since the 1800s, human activities such as combustion of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas have been the primary causes of climate change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The greenhouse effect<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The greenhouse effect is the way in which heat is trapped close to Earth’s surface by greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gasses include carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous dioxide and methane. These heat trapping gasses can be thought of as a blanket that are keeping the planet toastier than ever before.<\/span><\/p>\n

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide comes from human activities like deforestation, gasoline for driving vehicles or coal used for heating buildings. Landfills for garbage and pollution are the main emitters of methane gas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earth is a system where everything works together. If one function of the Earth stops working, it affects all the other systems.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Agriculture at risk <\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change doesn’t just make the Earth warmer. Climate change causes intense droughts, water scarcity, destructive fires, rising sea level, catastrophic storms, a decline in biodiversity, and the worst part is that all of those stated above affects agriculture.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All hazards listed above cause health issues in employees and lead to failure in crop production, changing times of harvesting and cultivating which raises prices of food sold at stores.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Canada doing to help with the climate crisis?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCanada\u2019s 2030 Emission Reduction\u201d plan was created by the government in March 2022, which outlines plans of reducing 40%-45% emission levels by 2030 to reach below 2005 climate levels.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s government also created a plan known as \u201cNet Zero by 2050\u201d which is basically to reduce all emissions to zero by 2050.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What can we do to help reduce climate change?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian citizens can also do a lot to help reduce the effects of climate change.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone and everyone can join in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n