Climate taxes on agriculture could lead to more food insecurity than climate change itself
July 31, 2018 , International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
New IIASA-led research has found that a single climate mitigation scheme applied to all sectors, such as a global carbon tax, could have a serious impact on agriculture and result in far more widespread hunger and food insecurity than the direct impacts of climate change. Smarter, more inclusive policies are needed instead.
The research, published in Nature Climate Change, is the first international study to compare across models the effects of climate change on agriculture with the costs and effects of mitigation policies, and look at subsequent effects on food security and the risk of hunger.
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-07-climate-taxes-agriculture-food-insecurity.html
