PlantACT! – how to tackle the climate crisis

Heribert Hirt, Salim Al-Babili, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Antoine Martin, Manuel Aranda, Dorothea Bartels, Malcolm Bennett, Ikram Blilou, Damian Boer, Alix Boulouis, Chris Bowler, Sophie Brunel-Muguet, Fabien Chardon, Jean Colcombet, Vincent Colot, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Jose R. Dinneny, Ben Field, Katja Froehlich, Catherine H. GardenerAlain Gojon, Eric Gomès, Eva María Gomez-Alvarez, Crisanto Gutierrez, Michel Havaux, Scott Hayes, Edith Heard, Michael Hodges, Amal Khalaf Alghamdi, Laurent Laplaze, Kyle J. Lauersen, Nathalie Leonhardt, Xenie Johnson, Jonathan Jones, Hannes Kollist, Stanislav Kopriva, Anne Krapp, Mauricio Lopez-Portillo Masson, Matthew F. McCabe, Livia Merendino, Antonio Molina, Jose L. Moreno Ramirez, Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Michael Nicolas, Ido Nir, Izamar Olivas Orduna, Jose M. Pardo, Jean-Philippe Reichheld, Pedro L. Rodriguez, Hatem Rouached, Maged M. Saad, Peter Schlögelhofer, Kirti A. Singh, Ive De Smet, Clara Stanschewski, Alice Stra, Mark Tester, Catherine Walsh, Andreas P.M. Weber, Detlef Weigel, Philip Wigge, Michael Wrzaczek, Brande B.H. Wulff, Iain M. Young

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Abstract

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have created a global climate crisis which requires immediate interventions to mitigate the negative effects on all aspects of life on this planet. As current agriculture and land use contributes up to 25% of total GHG emissions, plant scientists take center stage in finding possible solutions for a transition to sustainable agriculture and land use. In this article, the PlantACT! (Plants for climate ACTion!) initiative of plant scientists lays out a road map of how and in which areas plant scientists can contribute to finding immediate, mid-term, and long-term solutions, and what changes are necessary to implement these solutions at the personal, institutional, and funding levels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)537-543
Number of pages7
JournalTrends in Plant Science
Volume28
Issue number5
Early online date3 Feb 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2023

Keywords

  • agriculture
  • carbon sequestration
  • climate change
  • food safety
  • greenhouse gas emission
  • nitrogen use efficiency
  • water use efficiency

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