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Image credit: Agrivoltaics: How Solar and Farmland can Fight Climate Change (solarreviews.com) Agrivoltaics produce electricity and grow crops on the same land Using the power of the sun solves a host of problems such as reducing farmers’ energy costs, optimizing land use, reducing evaporation, and lowering costs through efficiencies. It is also known as solar…

Construction of Europe’s largest vertical farm is underwayThe first phase of construction on the new Nordic Harvest vertical farm has been completed after just 6 months of work. Once finished, the facility will become Europe’s largest vertical farm at 14 stories high in a 7,000-square-meter facility at Copenhagen Markets in Denmark. The Nordic Harvest farm will highlight…

Farmers Believe In Climate Change But Don’t Think Humans Are The Cause, New Poll Shows A new poll shows American farmers overwhelmingly believe climate change is real and will create significant weather problems. …but they do not think it’s caused by human actions. 80% of farmers* believe climate change is occurring, and more than half are concerned…

How Do Farmers Think about Climate Risk? *In this study, Vermont farmers identified many site-specific risks that they associate with extreme weather and climate change. From their standpoint, these risks are not new. Rather, they represent familiar risks that are being intensified by recent climate changes.What do farmers worry about? Flooding and erosion. They were especially…

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One in four cities cannot afford climate crisis protection measures  Survey of 800 cities around the world finds almost 43% do not even have a plan to adapt to impacts of global heating. We need to do more. One in four cities around the world lack the money to protect themselves against the ravages of climate…