Identifying under-adaptation of farms to climate change
质疑了经济学研究中农场完全适应气候变化的假设,通过构建概念框架并分析奥地利农场数据,发现农场存在适应不足,呼吁制定更有效的适应措施。
Abstract Adaptation is a key strategy to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on agriculture. Econometric studies are extensively used to account for adaptation within impact assessment, but are generally based on the assumption of fully adapted farms. Building on increasing evidence of potential limitations of adaptation, we develop a conceptual framework which allows us to relax this assumption and empirically analyse climate change adaptation at the farm level. Our findings indicate under-adaptation of Austrian farms, contradicting the assumption of full adaptation. In the context of ongoing climate change, this calls for further development and implementation of effective farm-level adaptation measures.