Parable of the Svalbard Seed Vault.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, is an underground storage facility designed to protect seeds in the event of a global crisis. It aims to ensure that food crop varieties are not lost due to war, terrorism, or climate change. However, the vault's reliance on climate-adaptation thinking is flawed. The recent flood caused by climate change and the potential biological lag of the stored seeds raise doubts about the vault's effectiveness. Additionally, the high cost, carbon footprint, and uncertainty of retrieving and distributing the seeds in a timely manner question the value of the vault as a conservation resource. The article suggests that preventing climate disaster should be prioritized over planning for its aftermath. [Extracted from the article]

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