Verschuuren, Jonathan

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Agriculture depends on a stable climate. Crops need fertile soil, sufficient water and temperatures that remain within a certain (plant specific) bandwidth. Livestock needs healthy grazing land, sufficient water and livable temperatures. The climate needs to be predictable, so that farmers can plan their activities with the aim to secure the best possible harvest. Such stable conditions only occurred after the previous major climate change that took place on Earth and which marked the end of the last ice age, around 12,000 years ago. Around that time, man began to live in settlements and started to grow his own food through agriculture. The major climate change that we are witnessing in the 21st century, this time man made, severely threatens the necessary climatic equilibrium, hence threatening food security.This chapter briefly summarizes the nature of climate disasters that are and will be hitting the agricultural sector, relying mainly on the IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report. Then, following the disaster cycle, the chapter discusses: how disaster risks for agriculture can be prevented or mitigated, what emergency response needs to be prepared, and how compensation and rebuilding should be organized after disaster has struck. The aim of this chapter is to find and analyze the main issues on which law and policymakers at the international and at the domestic level should focus on when developing a legal framework that is sufficiently equipped to deal with climate disasters that affect agriculture

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    Tilburg UniversityAgriculture, climate disasters and the lawVerschuuren, JonathanPublished in:Research handbook on climate disaster lawPublication date:2018Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in Tilburg University Research PortalCitation for published version (APA):Verschuuren, J. (2018). Agriculture, climate disasters and the law. In R. Lyster, & R. Verchick (Eds.), Researchhandbook on climate disaster law: Barriers and opportunities (pp. 297-312). (Research Handbooks in ClimateLaw). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portalTake down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.Download date: 12. May. 2021

Agriculture, climate disasters and the law

    Tilburg UniversityAgriculture, climate disasters and the lawVerschuuren, JonathanPublished in:Research handbook on climate disaster lawPublication date:2018Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in Tilburg University Research PortalCitation for published version (APA):Verschuuren, J. (2018). Agriculture, climate disasters and the law. In R. Lyster, & R. Verchick (Eds.), Researchhandbook on climate disaster law: Barriers and opportunities (pp. 297-312). (Research Handbooks in ClimateLaw). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portalTake down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.Download date: 26. Sep. 2023

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Agriculture, climate disasters and the law

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