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Higher prices
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Unaffordable food
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »
Anthropogenic Climate Change
Anthropogenic Climate ChangeâMapping the causes, consequences and potential responses to climate change.âF1CEB7
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Responding to climate change? »
Responding to climate change?
Responding to climate change?âWhat strategies might be adopted in response to the current assessment of the risks arising from climate change?âFFB597
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Immediate action required »
Immediate action required
Immediate action requiredâThe scale and likelihood of the anticipatable consequences of climate change demand immediate action on climate change by society. Humanity should act immediately to avoid or minimise the climate changes and impacts that are avoidable, and prepare to adapt to those that are not.â59C6EF
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How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?âWhat policy measures are available to reduce the risks and impacts arising from anthropocentric climate change?âFFB597
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Radical restructuring of the energy sector »
Radical restructuring of the energy sector
Radical restructuring of the energy sectorâRestructure the energy industry to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of energy production.â59C6EF
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Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources »
Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources
Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sourcesâGenerate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable energy sources.â9FDEF6
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Bio-fuels »
Bio-fuels
Bio-fuelsâBio-fuels.â9FDEF6
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Bio-fuels from land crops »
Bio-fuels from land crops
Bio-fuels from land cropsâBio-fuels from land crops.â9FDEF6
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Ethanol »
Ethanol
EthanolâEthanolâ9FDEF6
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Corn-based ethanol »
Corn-based ethanol
Corn-based ethanolâCorn-based ethanolâ9FDEF6
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Too little land is available »
Too little land is available
Too little land is availableâNearly a quarter of the energy processed by land plants is harvested by humans or lost due to our activities. In parts of the world where human activity is most intense,, more than half the energy processed by plants is appropriated by people.âEF597B
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Many biofuels are now grown on marginal land. »
Many biofuels are now grown on marginal land.
Many biofuels are now grown on marginal land.âSecond and third generation technology is allowing the development of crops such as jatropha, most of which is grown on marginal land due to its low nutritional requirements, thus having no effect on global agricultural markets.âEF597B
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Increasing demand for wheat and corn for ethanol »
Increasing demand for wheat and corn for ethanol
Increasing demand for wheat and corn for ethanolâGreater demand for food commodities for fuel use is, and will, seriously affect global food security as the Western world satisfy their demand for oil through biofuels and the poverty stricken struggle to afford to import sufficient quantities of food as world prices rise.âEF597B
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Higher prices
Higher pricesâUnaffordable foodâ98CE71
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Effect upon poor determined by the rate of change. »
Effect upon poor determined by the rate of change.
Effect upon poor determined by the rate of change.âInfluence of variables such as economic development (which affects food consumption patterns) and technological change (GM adoption and/or biofuel technology developments) are important influences upon supply and demand for food commodities.âFFB597
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Higher prices »
Higher prices
Higher pricesâFundamentally higher prices for agricultural commodities due to increased biofuel demand will allow other, less developed, nations to re-harness their agricultural industry, who were previously constrained by their higher costs of production. They can now compete in global markets.âEF597B
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