Global Focus - NZ-AU - Climate Change - Introduction for Agribusiness


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Date: July, 2008

Abstract: For agribusinesses in Australia and New Zealand, climate change presents a two fold challenge: physical changes as the climate alters the natural environment in which agriculture operates; and the implementation of emissions trading schemes which will change economic operating conditions.

The earth’s climate has always been variable, as witnessed by the alternation of ice ages and periods of more temperate climates over thousands of years. However, scientists have observed rela...

Research Type: Australia/New Zealand Global Focus


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