Climate change a grave threat to agriculture, warns Fischer Boel

CLIMATE change is still one of the gravest long- term threats and could land a hammer blow on agricultural production in parts of Europe and the rest of the world, European Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel warned in Stockholm yesterday.

“Let’s make no mistake: Climate change is not going to treat us more kindly just because we’re having problems with our banks and with economic growth,” she said.

Fischer Boel said the reality of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is light-years away from the poor image that has clung to it in the past.