Agriculture vs. climate change: Can we feed the world with a warmer planet?

Global agricultural production is already being affected by climate change. From plant growth to crop yields, our food security is being challenged on multiple fronts, with droughts, higher temperatures and flooding all taking their toll.

As weather patterns become more variable across the globe, what can be done to make our food crops more resilient to a warming world?

In this Climate Now debate, our panel of experts will be discussing these issues in depth, to uncover how we can prepare our agricultural systems for the changes to come while helping the industry to reduce its carbon footprint.

We will be discussing the impact of heatwaves and drought conditions on cereals, which are essential for daily calorie intakes worldwide. We will also look at how climate change is already impacting agriculture in Europe, using data and projections from the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Extreme weather events, including floods and storms, will also take centre stage, and we’ll be asking how we can create climate-resilient strains of our most vital food crops.

To get involved, you can ask our expert panel a question by filling in the form below, before joining our Climate Now live debate on Wednesday, 6 July at 11 am CET to see our panel in action.

Climate change means variable weather patterns, shifting seasons and more extreme weather events are becoming a daily reality, making it harder for farmers to produce crops in the same tried and tested way.

Climate change is not the only pressure facing our agricultural system though. Food production is also linked to energy consumption, water use and even war - as demonstrated by current wheat shortages caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to Copernicus, 90 per cent of the