Abstract
The climate change phenomenon can significantly affect the agricultural sector. Agriculture, indeed, is at the same time one of the causes of climate change, a sector among the most harmed by it and an opportunity to mitigate climate change. Even though scientists should care about climate change, a very important role is played by the law through the implementation of different legal tools. In particular, those tools range from command and control instruments, characterized by their mandatory nature, to market based tools. The last type, indeed, is very frequently used in the agricultural sector, in which it is important to promote autonomous sustainable production and environmental-friendly activity in order to guarantee for future generations the same resources that we have at our disposal.
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Notes
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Hamilton (2011), pp. 341–360.
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Carlarne (2011), pp. 255–257.
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Montini (1999), pp. 133–148.
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If on one hand the greenhouse gases are needed, since in their absence the solar radiation could not be restrained in any way and temperatures would be so low as to prevent the survival of the planet, on the other hand an excessive increase could lead to the opposite condition, preventing life on Earth.
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Onzivu (2009), pp. 1311–1336.
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Jaykus et al. (2008).
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Abler et al. (2004), pp. 117–126.
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Fracchia (2013), pp. 4–42.
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Mearns (2010), pp. 998–1101.
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Manfredi (2011), pp. 28–39.
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Tedsen and Homann (2013), pp. 90–100.
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Coderoni (2013), pp. 84 et seqq.
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Charles (2011), pp. 44–47.
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Carraro (2011), pp. 231 et seqq.
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Lin (2011), pp. 34–43.
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Pelsy (2008), pp. 119–136.
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Ottinger (2009), pp. 253–264.
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Cafagno (2007).
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As you can read in Directive 30/2009/EC, “Consumers in the Community would, in addition, find it morally unacceptable that their increased use of biofuels could have the effect of destroying biodiverse lands. For these reasons, it is necessary to provide sustainability criteria ensuring that biofuels can qualify for the incentives only when it can be guaranteed that they do not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection or rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the raw material does not interfere with those purposes.”
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Barelli (2014), pp. 1–27, who recalls Legislative Decree n. 387/2007, according to which the renewable energy facilities can be even located in agricultural soils, but it is necessary to respect the regulation about environment and biodiversity protection.
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Boscolo (2014), pp. 129–146.
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Cartei (2014), pp. 45 et seqq.
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Di Gennaro (2014), pp. 3 et seqq.
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ECCP (2001).
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In this sense, in Italy, for instance, Regions have signed, in 2001, a Protocol in order to coordinate every intervention to reduce polluting emissions. Compiani (2002), pp. 365–387.
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Croci (2010), pp. 147–164.
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Liakopoulos (2005).
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Rodgers et al. (2011), pp. 245–250.
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Meltz (2013).
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Rosso Grossman (2010), pp. 223–255.
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D’Auria (2010), pp. 21 et seqq.
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Roggero et al. (2010), pp. 359–377.
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Sigman (2007), pp. 289–306.
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Cesaro (2010), pp. 31–34.
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Scannell (2010), pp. 437–466.
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Fracchia (2010).
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Brown Weiss (2008), pp. 615–628.
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Vernile, S. (2015). Agriculture, Climate Change and Law. In: Monteduro, M., Buongiorno, P., Di Benedetto, S., Isoni, A. (eds) Law and Agroecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46617-9_22
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