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Research: Climate impacts could push up food prices by 25 per cent
2014-01-20 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Climate impacts could lead to a drastic increase in food prices over the coming decades as the agricultural industry struggles to adapt to shifting climatic patterns. That is the stark warning contained in a series of studies published this week by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in a Special Issue of the journal Agricultural Economics. The studies acknowledge concerns that a major expansion of bio-energy production could lead to higher food prices as land previously...
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