Africa under a warming climate: The role of trade towards building resilient adaptation inagriculture
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31 décembre 2022
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.26227a...
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Climate change adaptation Africa Environmental goods F - International Economics/F.F1 - Trade/F.F1.F18 - Trade and Environment F - International Economics/F.F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization/F.F6.F64 - Environment Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q50 - General Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population GrowthSujets proches
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Henri Casella et al., « Africa under a warming climate: The role of trade towards building resilient adaptation inagriculture », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.26227a...
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The paper reports on evidence on how trade can help Africa adapt to Climate Change (CC) along three dimensions: (i) fast-onset events from short-lived extreme occurrences (floods, extreme temperatures); (ii) slow-onset events (rise in average temperatures and sea-level rise); (iii) trade facilitation policies. • Fast onset events: Trade reduces the amplitude of extreme events like a drought. But policy reactions to large shocks can increase the amplitude of the shock. During the South African drought of 2015-6, policies had spillovers in neighboring countries. Following the 2008-09 financial crisis, export restrictions by major crop exporters and reduction in tariffs by importers amplified the shock. Policy coordination is needed to control spillover effects.
