Climate Change Skepticism of European Farmers and Implications for Effective Policy Actions

Climate change skepticism of European farmers and implications for effective policy actions

European farmers struggle with mitigating global emissions of greenhouse gases effectively and to cope with climate change. European regulators and national governments encounter obstacles in implementing environmental policies, feeding frustration amongst farmers. We hypothesize that these issues relate to climate change skepticism within the farming community and dissensus with non-farmers and between countries. To test this hypothesis, we ana…

The EU's agricultural sector loses 28.3 billion euros each year due to extreme weather resulting from climate change, writes Reuters, citing an analysis supported by the EU.

Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology; Understanding Climate Change Attitudes - Academic Hive

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology; Understanding Climate Change Attitudes.

Europe's farm sector loses $31.5B a year from climate risks

The European Union's agriculture industry is losing €28 billion ($31.5 billion) a year due to increasing climate risks, such as droughts and flooding, according to a new study.

Extreme weather events, especially long periods of drought, cause damage in European agriculture of an average of 28 billion euros per year. The problem: Insurance is only the smallest part. In Germany, common insurance policies are too heavily focused on hail damage. In order to ensure food security in Europe, more modern risk transfer mechanisms are needed, writes the insurance broker Howden in a study commissioned by the European Investment B…

EU farms lose €28B yearly to extreme weather, report finds

EU farms lose €28B yearly to extreme weather, report finds Most climate-related losses remain uninsured