productivity shocks from climate change have a modest effect on global land use, such shocks combined with rapid growth in energy …

owing to adverse climate impacts, flat energy prices, low economic growth, and high population growth, as well as greenhouse … than doubles the social value of this technology. Flat energy prices essentially eliminate the value of second …-generation technology to society, and high population growth reduces its value because of the heightened competition for land for food …

food prices, especially in developing countries. Moreover, wages of unskilled rural labor would also increase, which slows …

oilseeds, the weak dollar, and the increase in food production costs due to higher energy prices. It concludes that the most …The rapid rise in food prices has been a burden on the poor in developing countries, who spend roughly half of their … household incomes on food. This paper examines the factors behind the rapid increase in internationally traded food prices since …

biomass for producing fuel for cars can affect access to energy and fodder and not just access to food. … future work. The analysis finds three key conclusions. First, the current generation of biofuels, which is derived from food … crops, is intensive in land, water, energy, and chemical inputs. Second, the environmental literature is dominated by a …

China promulgated the Medium and Long-Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy in 2007, which included targets of … 2010 and 2020 for various renewable energy technologies including biofuels. The 2010 biofuel targets were met and even …

fuel tax exemption, but lower them with a blending mandate (minimum biofuel content requirement in marketed fuel). When … because canola produces more oil than soybeans. An oil price shock with a blending mandate results in a smaller change in …