作者: John Quiggin
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关键词: Greenhouse gas 、 Political economy of climate change 、 Biosequestration 、 Environmental science 、 Climate change mitigation 、 Land use, land-use change and forestry 、 Agricultural economics 、 Effects of global warming 、 Climate change 、 Low-carbon economy 、 Natural resource economics
摘要: It is now virtually certain that Australia and the world will experience significant climate change over next century, as a result of human-caused emissions carbon dioxide (CO2) other greenhouse gases. This note brief discussion projected effects on agriculture, under ‘business usual’ conditions in which global concentrations CO2 grow steadily assumption mitigation effort successfully stabilises slows change. Both Australian agriculture are considered, with particular focus irrigated Murray–Darling Basin.