Overview

Bringing together scholars from across the globe, this timely book astutely untangles the climate-food web and critically explores the nexus between climate change, agriculture and law, upon which food security and climate resilient development depends. Focusing through the lens of various domestic and international legal systems, this book addresses conceptual notions such as 'systems thinking' and climate change governance, as well as practical matters such as payments for ecosystem services and government subsidies for biofuels. Concerning itself with the vulnerability and resilience of both people and agro-ecosystems, it shows how climate action can yield high returns for agriculture as the primary source of economic activity for poor populations. Far reaching, this book also explores under-researched areas, including the linkages between invasive species law, climate change and agricultural law and the underlying dynamics of agroecosystem vulnerability. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses in existing agricultural laws and policies, it assesses new and innovative tools for addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector, before laying out a future research agenda. Scholars in the fields of climate change law, land use and agricultural law will find this key publication essential reading, as will practitioners desiring a deeper understanding of the agriculture and climate change nexus. Contributors include: R.W. Adler, M.J. Angelo, R.M. Bratspies, A. Cosby, L.H. Gunderson, C. Häberli, K.H. Hirokawa, A. Kennedy, R. Kibugi, E. Le Gal, P. Martin, M. Nowlin, A. Odoemene, J.P. Pietrafesa , P.A. Pietrafesa, J.B. Ruhl, S. Sauer, E. Spiegel, J. Verschuuren

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Author:   Mary Jane Angelo ,  Anél Du Plesis
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.844kg
ISBN:  

9781784710637

ISBN 10:   1784710636
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   31 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Untangling the climate-food web: achieving food security and agricultural climate-resilience Mary Jane Angelo 2. Climate change and agriculture under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change and related documents Jonathan Verschuuren 3. Resilience and transformation of agro-ecosystems in a changing climate Lance H. Gunderson 4. Climate change, complexity, agriculture and challenged governance Paul Martin 5. Climate change and water law in agriculture Robert W. Adler 6. Climate change and invasive species law in agriculture: a southern hemisphere view of key legal and institutional issues in Australia Elodie Le Gal 7. Genetically modified food crops in an era of climate change: an answer in search of a problem Rebecca M. Bratspies 8. Adapting agriculture through land use controls Keith H. Hirokawa 9. Much ado about methane: intensive animal agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions Michelle Nowlin and Emily Spiegel 10. Adaptation of agricultural trade and investment rules to climate change Christian Häberli 11. Agriculture and payments for ecosystem services in the era of climate change J.B. Ruhl 12. Climate change and agrofuels: Brazilian ethanol and the Cerrado biome Sérgio Sauer, José Paulo Pietrafesa and Pedro Araujo Pietrafesa 13. Adaptation to climate change in smallholder agriculture in Kenya: the role of law Robert Kibugi 14. Agricultural land use conflict in the context of climate change: an Australian case study Amanda Kennedy and Amy Cosby 15. Climate change and land grabbing Akachi Odoemene Index

Reviews

`How often do you come across a book that you find yourself drawing upon for key insights even before you can finish reading it? This is one of those books. Between its covers, there is a wealth of well-presented information and analysis on a wide range of tightly defined topics within its subject area.. . . Its 15 chapters are consistently well presented and their contents provide both a sound appreciation of their subject and valuable insights for practitioners engaged in addressing the challenges of responding to Earth' s changing climate.' -- Bob Speirs, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management `This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK `This book is a useful introduction to the research which is being undertaken in the area of climate change and agricultural law.' -- University of Western Australia Law Review `The authors and editors have produced a thought-provoking collection of essays which advance the study of how food security might be delivered in response to our changing climate.' -- Peter J. Gregory, Food Security

`This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK `This book is a useful introduction to the research which is being undertaken in the area of climate change and agricultural law.' -- University of Western Australia Law Review

`This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK

'This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK

'How often do you come across a book that you find yourself drawing upon for key insights even before you can finish reading it? This is one of those books. Between its covers, there is a wealth of well-presented information and analysis on a wide range of tightly defined topics within its subject area.. . . Its 15 chapters are consistently well presented and their contents provide both a sound appreciation of their subject and valuable insights for practitioners engaged in addressing the challenges of responding to Earth' s changing climate.' -- Bob Speirs, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 'This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK 'This book is a useful introduction to the research which is being undertaken in the area of climate change and agricultural law.' -- University of Western Australia Law Review 'The authors and editors have produced a thought-provoking collection of essays which advance the study of how food security might be delivered in response to our changing climate.' -- Peter J. Gregory, Food Security

`How often do you come across a book that you find yourself drawing upon for key insights even before you can finish reading it? This is one of those books. Between its covers, there is a wealth of well-presented information and analysis on a wide range of tightly defined topics within its subject area.. . . Its 15 chapters are consistently well presented and their contents provide both a sound appreciation of their subject and valuable insights for practitioners engaged in addressing the challenges of responding to Earth' s changing climate.' -- Bob Speirs, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management `This Research Handbook brings together a range of eminent scholars from across disciplines and across the globe to provide an insightful contribution to the ongoing debate on the complex interaction between climate and agriculture. In particular, while there is full recognition of the inherent difficulties in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies, there is also a most welcome willingness to make concrete suggestions as to the way forward.' -- Michael N. Cardwell, University of Leeds, UK `This book is a useful introduction to the research which is being undertaken in the area of climate change and agricultural law.' -- University of Western Australia Law Review

Author Information

Edited by Mary Jane Angelo, Professor of Law and Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program, University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, US and Anél du Plessis, Law Faculty Trust Chair, Department of Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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