Does the current trade liberalization agenda contribute to greenhouse gas emission mitigation in agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11932262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Torbjörn Jansson (0000-0002-1005-5676, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Mihály Himics (0000-0003-3923-9898, University of Bonn, corresponding author), Thomas Fellmann (0000-0002-4798-329X, Joint Research Center), Jesús Barreiro-Hurlé (0000-0002-6422-6047, Joint Research Center), Peter Witzke (0000-0001-6237-8031), Heinz-Peter Witzke, Ignácio Pérez Domínguez (0000-0002-0279-6263, Joint Research Center), Franz Weiß (0000-0002-8021-1259, Joint Research Centre) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Pages | 120-129 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-9192 • E-ISSN: 1873-5657 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.011 |
| OpenAlex | W2747275763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper contributes to the literature on the trade liberalization – climate change nexus by investigating the impact of the current free trade agenda of the European Union (EU) on the effectiveness of a possible greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policy for its agricultural sector. For the analysis we implement scenarios with a carbon tax on non-CO2 emissions and trade liberalization both individually and combined in CAPRI, a global partial equilibrium model for agriculture. Scenario results indicate that the simulated trade liberalization by itself has only modest effects on agricultural GHG emissions by 2030. Pricing agricultural non-CO2 emissions in the EU triggers the adoption of mitigation technologies, which contributes to emission reductions. Emission leakage, however, partially offsets the EU emission\nsavings as production increases in less emission-efficient regions in the world. The combination of agricultural trade liberalization and carbon pricing increases emission leakage and, therefore, further undermines global mitigation gains. Our results hinge on the key assumptions that future trade agreements between non-EU countries are not considered and that the climate actions are limited to the EU only. Despite these limitations we conclude that, from a global GHG mitigation perspective, trade agreements should address emission leakage, for instance by being conditional on participating nations adopting measures directed towards GHG mitigation
Agriculture · Carbon leakage · Economics · Emissions trading · European union · Free trade · Greenhouse gas · International economics · International trade · Liberalization · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Nexus (standard · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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| Citations per year | 2.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |