Climate taxes on agriculture could lead to more food insecurity than climate change itself
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 05:00
in Earth & Climate
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.