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The CAFO Hothouse : Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture and the Law
Cassuto, David N. - 2014
The issue of climate change has at long last made its way into mainstream policy discussions in the United States. However, the focus both in the United States and internationally has been on reducing energy production and transportation emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193208
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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America
Maletta, Hector E.; Maletta, Emiliano - 2014
This monograph reviews evidence on probable impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) up to year 2100, based on the IPCC climate projections (though discussing some of their limitations) and the best impact estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194528
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A Study on Impacts of the Institutional Environment and Climate Change on Sustainability of Agriculture – the Case of Bulgaria
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2021
natural environment in a particular country, industry, region, community, etc. Despite its importance, in Bulgaria, like in … assesses the impact of major elements of institutional environment and climate change on agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria … are presented. The study is based on in-depth interviews with managers of “representative” market-oriented farms of …
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Warming Up to Water Markets
Adler, Jonathan H. - 2014
and the market pricing of water resources …
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Russia's food security and climate change : looking into the future
Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - 2013
Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of agricultural crops may expand toward the north,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707648
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Russia's food security and climate change : looking into the future
Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - 2013
Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of agricultural crops may expand toward the north,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194902
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WTO Rules Can Prevent Climate Change Mitigation for Agriculture
Häberli, Christian - 2016
This paper asks how countries can implement their commitments to limit the increase in the global average temperature under the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change for agriculture. An initial examination of the relevant trade rules and case law indicates that they appear unable to legally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988180
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The Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities in the International Regime of Climate Change
Ibrahim, Imad Antoine; Deleuil, Thomas; Farah, Paolo Davide - 2017
“Preventing future calamity requires not only agreement but action. Governments and other responsible groups are usually accused of reacting to crises rather than foreseeing and preventing them. We have an opportunity here to show that experts, scientists, lawyers, and governments can foresee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123855
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China's Energy Policies and Strategies for Climate Change and Energy Security
Deng, Haifeng; Farah, Paolo Davide - 2021
national energy market. In doing so, China’s transition to a low-carbon society and economy could prove less painful, as China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095053
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Impacts of Adaptation to Climate Change on Farmers’ Income in the Savana Region of Togo
Mikémina, Pilo - 2018
West African farmers are among those most likely to suffer from climate change, partly due to the agro-climatic characteristics of the regional system and to their limited scope for coping with shocks. Climate change adaptation has thus been touted as a necessary path for rural poverty reduction...
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