Climate change and agriculture: an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects
In: New horizons in environmental economics
In: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides both a good analytical basis for additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity