Together, the bloc is thought to have constrained less climate-friendly stances from China or India.
"Our results show that rice agriculture becomes less climate-friendly as our atmosphere continues to change," Dr. van Groenigen said in a statement.
They say that cuts to the LIFE program and international development funds, as well as some of the union's agricultural spending, make the budget less climate-friendly than it should be.
"They have cut the funds that were the most climate friendly," he said.
Rivers' ideas for improving the economy include making the climate friendlier for business.
Moreover, they're much less polluting and more climate-friendly.
For less friendly climates, you have to be inventive by moving the plant around regularly to get better light exposure, using a small desk top fan to get air circulation and to daily check for moisture by sticking your finger in the soil.
In the United States, annual federal spending for all energy research and development — not just the research aimed at climate-friendly technologies — is less than half what it was a quarter-century ago.
For many companies, a shift to electric delivery vehicles, rather than drones, may be a more realistic climate-friendly move, although that helps less with traffic jams.
If the climate-friendly energy sources are also less expensive, and that trend appears to be continuing, then you don't need to "believe" in human-caused climate change to embrace them.
