Climate Policy and Land Scarcity - findig effective responses

Income induced diet changes, increased demand for biofuels, and climatic changes have already caused food price increases and consequent deforestation.

At one of today´s COP15 side event researchers from Focali (Forest, climate and livelihoods research network), University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, discuss three main responses to the challenges this development poses: pricing the carbon emissions from deforestation, climate taxes on meat consumption, and utilization of marginal lands.

>> Link to Program

Date: 14-12-2009
Time: 13.00 - 15.00
Room: EU pavilion, Monnet room
Topic: Mitigation

>> Link to Swedish Presidency of the European Union webpage: http://www.se2009.eu/1.26321