The embrace of carbon footprinting and local food sourcing as environmental measures designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions poses a potential threat to Australian food export industries which are geographically distant to market, like the Australian wine industry. Food transport costs can...

Global economic convergence and protection of the climate are both worthwhile goals. Yet, there is an inherent tension between them. Greenhouse gases are a waste product that is often emitted in the production process. Limiting such emissions therefore hampers the accumulation of income and...