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Implications of Policies to Prevent Climate Change for Future Food Security

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Climate Change and World Food Security

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There have been a number of comprehensive and detailed studies on the question of what climate change might do to agriculture (Parry et al., 1988; Smith and Tirpak, 1989; Rosenberg, 1993; Council on Agricultural science and Technology (CAST), 1992; Houghton et al, 1990, 1992; National Academy of Sciences, 1992; and others). The potential for adaptation of agriculture to climate change has been evaluated in a number of these studies and in Rosenberg (1992). There has been, however, little if any systematic analysis of how attempts to mitigate or avoid climate change might affect agriculture. Our aim in this paper is to explore this question. Data and analyses on which to draw are limited, so the results of our exploration are preliminary, at best.

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  1. Integrated Earth Sciences, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 901 St. S.W, Washington, DC, 20024, USA

    Norman J. Rosenberg

  2. Pacific Northwest Laboratory Richland, 99352, WA, USA

    Michael J. Scott

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Rosenberg, N.J., Scott, M.J. (1996). Implications of Policies to Prevent Climate Change for Future Food Security. In: Downing, T.E. (eds) Climate Change and World Food Security. NATO ASI Series, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61086-8_21

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