The Role of Biotechnology in Climate Change Mitigation
Keywords:
Biotechnology, climate change, carbon sequestration, biofuels, sustainability
Abstract
Human activities that involve fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and industrial emissions have become major causes of climate change, which ranks as a top global issue during the twenty-first century. This crisis is being combated by biotechnology as a key tool to offer innovative solutions in all sectors, such as carbon sequestration, biofuels, sustainable agriculture, and waste management. Carbon capture can be improved through genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and microbial technologies, and renewable energy can be produced biotechnologically, as well as climate-resilient crops. In addition, bioengineered plants and microorganisms can help significantly decrease the levels of CO₂, and biofuels created from modified crops and algae provide cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels. Although there exist potential benefits, the challenges are financial, and the risks are moral and environmental, as well as the issue of scalability. The deployment of these biotechnological solutions depends on effective policy and regulatory frameworks that limit the safety and efficacy risks related to them, in the mitigation of climate change. With global efforts at mediatized climate change mitigation increasing, biotechnology’s contribution is bound to become highly significant in reducing the greenhouse effect, thus providing ways to a more sustainable future.
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2024-06-28
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Dr. Sukriti Chandra, Dr. Mayuri Kumari, Ms. Shivani Shrivastav, Mr Prince Kumar Tiwari, & Ms. Tikshata Wamborkar. (2024). The Role of Biotechnology in Climate Change Mitigation. Revista Electronica De Veterinaria, 25(1S), 1936 -1945. https://doi.org/10.69980/redvet.v25i1S.1858
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