Cotton versus climate change: the case of Greek cotton production

Through the last century, the increased greenhouse gases emissions altered the atmosphere’s composition and resulted to the phenomenon known as climate change. Climate change threatens the sustainability of the agricultural sector in the Mediterranean region. Droughts and extreme heat waves will probably become more frequent in the next few decades, thus maintaining sufficient yields in heat and drought susceptible major crops will be challenging. In Greece, cotton is of paramount economic importance. Besides the fact that it is regarded as the most significant fiber crop, Greece is the main cotton producer of the European Union. The aim of the present review was to examine the environmental factors that might affect cotton production in Greece and assess whether (or not) climate change has the potential to limit the productivity of this crop in the near future. According to the existing literature, cotton can adapt to the changing climate. Climate change-induced elevated CO2 levels and temperatures might even benefit cotton. The mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change is possible via the adaptation of site-specific agronomic practices. A simplistic framework, based on the literature and the goals of the European Union, that aims to the preservation of sufficient cotton yields in Greece is proposed in the present study.

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FARMS PARTICIPATING IN THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL-CLIMATE MEASURE AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF OTHER FARMS

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2956 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XXI (3) ◽

pp. 542-551

Author(s):

Agata Żak ◽

Marek Zieliński

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

European Union ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

The State ◽

The European Union ◽

Family Work ◽

Field Crops ◽

The World

The progressive effects of climate change and persistent negative trends in the state of the natural environment of many rural areas in the European Union and throughout the world are reasons for which there is an urgent need to carry out activities with respect to the protection of climate and natural environment in the agricultural sector. The objective of this article is to describe both the state of spending funds and farms belonging to beneficiaries of the Agri-environmental-climate The aim of the study was to measure and assess the functioning of farms belonging to beneficiaries of the RDP 2014-2020 measure against a background of other farms in 2017. A comparative analysis of farms belonging to beneficiaries and other farms included farms with field crops, mixed production and animals fed with roughage, as they play an important role in Polish agriculture. As part of the Measure, more than half of the farms use support under Packages 1 and 2. The share of farms implementing 3 or more packages at a time was much lower. The analysis carried out shows, inter alia, that farms belonging to beneficiaries are characterised by a worse economic situation expressed by income per 1 FWU (Family Work Unit).

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The European Union and Climate Change: Leading the Way towards a Post-2012 Regime?

Carbon & Climate Law Review ◽

10.21552/cclr/2007/1/6 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 8

Author(s):

M. Mehling ◽

L. Massai

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

European Union ◽

The European Union ◽

The Way

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Economic and financial position of agricultural enterprises in the period before the accession to the European Union

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5238-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 50 (No. 11) ◽

pp. 486-494

Author(s):

Z. Chrastinová

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Cold Weather ◽

Business Success ◽

Agricultural Cooperatives ◽

The European Union ◽

Adverse Weather ◽

Legal Entities

In the year before the accession to the European Union, the Slovak agricultural sector reported a loss of SKK 2.4 billion and following a profitable year, the earnings were reduced by SKK 2.8 billion. The situation was caused by a number of reasons, namely reduced sales of agricultural products, damage resulting from adverse weather effects (cold weather, hail, drought and  swine fever), as well as widening of the price gap compared to the year before (increasing input prices in agriculture and decreasing purchase prices of agricultural products, especially in livestock production). Legal entities and natural persons experienced mixed business success. While 51% of legal entities made profit, the figure rose to 76% in the group of natural persons. Both the agricultural cooperatives and trading companies performed with a loss. The loss per hectare of agricultural land (a.l.) was substantially lower in the case of business companies. Natural persons - private farmers were profitable over the period. The gap between the profitable and loss-making enterprises has widened. Some 60% of profitable enterprises owned by legal entities made only a small profit below SKK 0.5 million. The loss-making performance was typical for more productive areas of Slovakia. This was related to stronger effects of adverse climate in 2003.

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The European Union Green Deal: Clean Energy Wellbeing Opportunities and the Risk of the Jevons Paradox

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14144148 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 4148

Author(s):

Estrella Trincado ◽

Antonio Sánchez-Bayón ◽

José María Vindel

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

European Union ◽

Great Recession ◽

International Institutions ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Clean Energy ◽

The European Union ◽

The Great Recession ◽

Financial Framework ◽

The Common

After the Great Recession of 2008, there was a strong commitment from several international institutions and forums to improve wellbeing economics, with a switch towards satisfaction and sustainability in people–planet–profit relations. The initiative of the European Union is the Green Deal, which is similar to the UN SGD agenda for Horizon 2030. It is the common political economy plan for the Multiannual Financial Framework, 2021–2027. This project intends, at the same time, to stop climate change and to promote the people’s wellness within healthy organizations and smart cities with access to cheap and clean energy. However, there is a risk for the success of this aim: the Jevons paradox. In this paper, we make a thorough revision of the literature on the Jevons Paradox, which implies that energy efficiency leads to higher levels of consumption of energy and to a bigger hazard of climate change and environmental degradation.

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Post COVID-19 Recovery and 2050 Climate Change Targets: Changing the Emphasis from Promotion of Renewables to Mandated Curtailment of Fossil Fuels in the EU Policies

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14051347 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 1347

Author(s):

Kyriakos Maniatis ◽

David Chiaramonti ◽

Eric van den Heuvel

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

European Union ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Global Economy ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Global Climate ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

Climate Impacts ◽

The European Union

The present work considers the dramatic changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the global economy, with particular emphasis on energy. Focusing on the European Union, the article discusses the opportunities policy makers can implement to reduce the climate impacts and achieve the Paris Agreement 2050 targets. The analysis specifically looks at the fossil fuels industry and the future of the fossil sector post COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis first revises the fossil fuel sector, and then considers the need for a shift of the global climate change policy from promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources to curtailing the use of fossil fuels. This will be a change to the current global approach, from a relative passive one to a strategically dynamic and proactive one. Such a curtailment should be based on actual volumes of fossil fuels used and not on percentages. Finally, conclusions are preliminary applied to the European Union policies for net zero by 2050 based on a two-fold strategy: continuing and reinforcing the implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive to 2035, while adopting a new directive for fixed and over time increasing curtailment of fossils as of 2025 until 2050.

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Climate Change Trends and Impacts on California Agriculture: A Detailed Review

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy8030025 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 25 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Tapan Pathak ◽

Mahesh Maskey ◽

Jeffery Dahlberg ◽

Faith Kearns ◽

Khaled Bali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Climate Adaptation ◽

Crop Yields ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Sufficient Evidence ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

Future Research ◽

Detailed Review ◽

California Agriculture

California is a global leader in the agricultural sector and produces more than 400 types of commodities. The state produces over a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. Despite being highly productive, current and future climate change poses many challenges to the agricultural sector. This paper provides a summary of the current state of knowledge on historical and future trends in climate and their impacts on California agriculture. We present a synthesis of climate change impacts on California agriculture in the context of: (1) historic trends and projected changes in temperature, precipitation, snowpack, heat waves, drought, and flood events; and (2) consequent impacts on crop yields, chill hours, pests and diseases, and agricultural vulnerability to climate risks. Finally, we highlight important findings and directions for future research and implementation. The detailed review presented in this paper provides sufficient evidence that the climate in California has changed significantly and is expected to continue changing in the future, and justifies the urgency and importance of enhancing the adaptive capacity of agriculture and reducing vulnerability to climate change. Since agriculture in California is very diverse and each crop responds to climate differently, climate adaptation research should be locally focused along with effective stakeholder engagement and systematic outreach efforts for effective adoption and implementation. The expected readership of this paper includes local stakeholders, researchers, state and national agencies, and international communities interested in learning about climate change and California’s agriculture.

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FEATURES OF STATE SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Economy, labor, management in agriculture ◽

10.33938/218-36 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 36-46

Author(s):

Oksana Sergeevna Prokhorenko

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

The European Union ◽

State Support

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Staatsklimahaftung

10.5771/9783748922964 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Isabell Böhm

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

European Union ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

The European Union ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Basic Law ◽

State Liability ◽

Liability Claims ◽

The Eu ◽

Made In

Climate change litigation is becoming increasingly important. This thesis deals with the question whether state liability claims against Germany or the EU can be justified, if commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are not met. For this purpose, the claim under public liability according to § 839 German Civil Code in connection with Art. 34 German Basic Law, the liability of the EU-Member States and the liability of the European Union according to Art. 340 II TFEU are discussed. At the end of the thesis, considerations on the practical perspectives of state liability are made in order to improve their prospects of success.

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