RESEARCH PAPER
GLOBAL AND EUROPEAN CLIMATE POLICY
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Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute
Submission date: 2022-05-31
Final review date: 2022-07-11
Acceptance date: 2022-07-28
Publication date: 2022-09-29
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Konrad Prandecki
Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute
Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics 2022;372(3):45-63
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In 2022, thirty years have passed since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. This period is long enough to evaluate the effectiveness of this policy. The aim
of this paper is to determine the achievements of climate policy so far and the most likely directions
for further actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Particular attention was paid to agricultural
emissions, which results from the significant share of agriculture in global emissions and the specific
structure of emissions, i.e., the significant role of the sector in methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
The paper uses statistical analysis based on the World Bank data. It was supplemented by a critical
analysis of the literature on climate policy. The presented results show that the current policy does not
bring the expected results. There are, however, some examples (the European Union), where the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions is visible. As a result, the share of Community emissions in global
emissions tends to decrease. This applies to both total and agricultural emissions, i.e., methane and
nitrous oxide. Based on the presented data and global trends, it seems most likely that the current direction
of changes will be continued, i.e., poor care for climate on a global scale and increasing emission
restrictions in selected regions of the world. Nevertheless, this solution will be ineffective, since climate
change is a global problem and must be solved globally.