CGD in the News
Pinpoint Climate Studies Flag Trouble for Mexico, CenAm Farmers (Reuters)
A study by Senior Fellow Emeritus William Cline is cited in a Reuters article on climate change threats to Mexico.
Europe's Economic Measures Too Little Too Late (U.S. News & World Report)
Senior fellow William Cline's op-ed piece on the European economic crisis was featured in U.S. News & World Report.
India's Floods Reveal Climate Change Specter (Time Magazine)
Time Magazine cites CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's research on global warming and agriculture.
India: Dying of Thirst (Toronto Star)
The Toronto Star cites CGD's research on climate change and agriculture.
Stopping Climate Change -- and Starvation (McClatchy-Tribune)
An op-ed published by the McClatchy-Tribune cites CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's research on climate change and agriculture.
From the article:
"In the summer of 2003, a heat wave hit Europe, leaving roughly 52,000 people dead and farmers across the region reeling. Stressing crops and livestock alike, the extreme heat was responsible for precipitous drops in crucial food stocks such as corn, maize and wheat compared with the year before. Indeed, in Italy alone, maize yields declined 35 percent, while France saw fruit and wheat production fall by 20 and 25 percent respectively. This scenario, while not directly attributable to global warming, serves as a preview of possibilities to come."
The article also apeared in the Miami Herald, the Sun Herald, the Gulf Times, and the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Global warming may cause world crop decline (Reuters)
On September 12th, the Reuters published an article about CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's new book "Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country."
From the article:
"India, Pakistan, most of Africa and most of Latin America would be hit hardest, said economist William Cline, the study's author. The United States, most of Europe, Russia and Canada would probably see agricultural gains if climate change continues on its current course, the study found."
Climate Change Brings Grim Forecast (NYT)
On September 13th, the New York Times published a short article about CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's new book "Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country."
From the article:
"A new study by the economist William Cline quantifies sharp reductions in agricultural productivity in many of Africa’s poorest countries by the 2080s if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase."
Climate Change Threatens World Food Production, Says New Study (VOA)
On September 13th, Voice of America published an article, and an audio report, about CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's new book "Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country."
From the article:
"By the end of this century, if current trends continue, world agriculture will be in serious trouble, according to economist William Cline, senior fellow with the Center for Global Development and the Peterson Institute for International Economics."
Global warming may severely affect world agriculture (PTI)
On September 13th, the Press Trust of India published an article about CGD senior fellow Bill Cline's new book "Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country."
From the article:
"Developing countries, many with average temperatures that are already near or above crop tolerance levels, are predicted to suffer an average 10 to 25 per cent decline in agricultural productivity by the 2080s, said the study's author William Cline, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development."
The article was also picked up in The Economic Times.
Letters to The Editor: Puzzle of Stern's Calculations on Global Warming Damage Explained (Financial Times)
Sir, The Stern review on climate economics may well achieve a long-overdue shift in the burden of proof towards those who argue that it is uneconomic to cut the rising path of carbon emissions by anything more than trivial amounts ("Benefits of climate action outweigh costs", November 7 - subscription required). Despite its emphasis on new scientific evidence of greater risks, it does so primarily by adopting essentially the discounting method I proposed in my book The Economics of Global Warming.