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Agriculture and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues

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By Anne-Marie Codur, Jonathan M. Harris and Kayleigh Fay There is increasing evidence that ambitious goals to mitigate climate change, such as those set for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cannot be met without a substantial contribution from increased absorption of carbon dioxide by soils, forests and wetlands. This module focuses on the agricultural […]

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Are Personal Carbon Allowances the Missing Policy for Addressing Climate Change?

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By Tim Thornton In recent decades, addressing climate change has gained increased attention as climate disasters have become more widespread. However, the international community is not currently on a sufficiently ambitious carbon emissions reduction trajectory to avoid non-catastrophic global warming. As illustrated in Figure 1, there is a large gap between global emissions with current […]

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Agriculture and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues

Are Personal Carbon Allowances the Missing Policy for Addressing Climate Change?