There is a need to address climate risks through adaptation and bring immediate benefits by reducing the adverse impacts of climate change, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje has said.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day G20 technical workshop on Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) here on Monday, she said the agriculture sector was the most sensitive and greatly influenced by climate change and it was already happening in G20 countries with the impacts on agriculture being felt already.
Disturbances such as drought, flood, unseasonal rains, high-intensity rainfall events, hailstorms, heat waves, cold waves, pest outbreaks and other perceived threats were being witnessed frequently as a major fallout of climate change. It was also posing many challenges to growth and development globally, she said.
