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Columbus (Ohio): A new study has suggested that agricultural and forestry sectors are some of the areas which can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The findings of the study were published in the journal, 'Environmental Sciences'. The lead author, Brent Sohngen covered how agriculture, forests and related land use can contribute to both climate change and climate mitigation, or the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. "The key message is that there are a lot of actions in the agricultural land-use sectors that people around the world can undertake to mitigate climate change," said Sohngen, who has worked with the IPCC since the late 1990s. Although most greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production, agriculture and changes in land use account for about 22 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. If these numbers could be reduced, either by curbing deforestation or turning to alternative biofuels, between 9 and 11 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year could be mitigated, said Sohngen. The report also warned that if both governments and individuals don't begin to take climate warnings seriously, global warming could soon become twice as catastrophic as it is now. While many nations have previously promised to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, it'll make real change, not political promises, to ensure humanity doesn't waste its last chance, the report said. In order to produce the report, researchers from more than 165 countries reviewed over 18,000 scientific papers on topics ranging from restructuring fossil fuel use to policy recommendations on promoting international cooperation. Greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest between 2010 to 2019, but since then, that rate h ...