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Coupled agricultural subsidies in the EU undermine climate efforts

Jansson, Torbjorn; Nordin, Ida; Wilhelmsson, Fredrik; Witzke, Peter; Manevska-Tasevska, Gordana; Weiss, Franz; Gocht, Alexander

Sammanfattning

Subsidizing polluting industries generally leads to increased pollution locally. However, given the diversity of production technologies across countries and international trade, the global impact of unilateral policies is not a priori clear. We use the agricultural sector model CAPRI to simulate the impact of removing the voluntary coupled support for ruminants, presently permitted under the EU Common Agricultural Policy. We find that this reduces greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. However, emissions leakage significantly diminishes the global mitigation effect since about 3/4 of the reduction in the EU is offset by increased emissions in the rest of the world.

Nyckelord

Agricultural Policy; Climate Change; Coupled Support; Emissions Leakage; EU; Q18; Q54; Q17

Publicerad i

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
2021, Volym: 43, nummer: 4, sidor: 1503-1519

      SLU författare

        • Globala målen

        Vidta omedelbara åtgärder för att bekämpa klimatförändringarna och dess konsekvenser
        Stärka genomförandemedlen och återvitalisera det globala partnerskapet för hållbar utveckling

        UKÄ forskningsämne

        Nationalekonomi

        Publikationens identifierare

        DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13092

        Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

        https://res.slu.se/id/publ/108327