“Over the past several decades, climate change has increased the severity of wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, and floods … [and] combined with slower moving impacts like sea level rise, ocean acidification, and the loss of mountain snowpack. This has presented risks and challenges to communities, infrastructure, and natural and working lands”
—Washington State Climate Resilience Strategy.
Extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, and storms due to climate change are the leading potential causes of agricultural loss across the world. The next decade will present significant challenges for agricultural land worldwide and pose substantial threats to global food security. The projected loss of millions of hectares of fertile land will have profound implications for global food production and security.
Rising concerns about climate change have prompted governments to incentivize renewable energy solutions, including solar-powered agriculture. Additionally, the desire for food security and self-sufficiency has led farmers to seek sustainable methods like solar greenhouses to ensure consistent yields.
According to the World Bank Group, Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a set of agricultural practices and technologies which simultaneously boost productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Because climate change is a global threat to food security, CSA technologies could have global application and demand.
Solar-Powered Greenhouse Solutions is focused on one facet of CSA technologies: Solar Greenhouses.
