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Figure 2: Australian and global wheat yield trends
Source: A. Lake, “Australia's declining crop yield trends I: Donald revisited” (paper presented at the 16th Australian
Agronomy Conference, University of New England, New South Wales, 14-18 October 2012), accessed July 10, 2014
How much will abating climate change hurt?
IPCC Working Group III seeks to assess the costs incurred from stemming human induced
regulatory measures that it considers necessary. The spin of its
Summary for Policymakers
is evident in its various injunctions, many of which use disturbances claimed from climate
change as an agent for income redistribution. The report includes the following points:
• Limiting the effects of climate change is necessary to achieve sustainable
development and equity, including poverty eradication.
• Effective mitigation will not be achieved if individual agents advance their own
interests independently.
• Issues of equity, justice, and fairness arise with respect to mitigation and
adaptation.
• Climate policy intersects with other societal goals creating the possibility of
co
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benefits or adverse side
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effects.
