| DOI: | 10.1080/14693062.2014.979131
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-84952299808
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| 论文题名: | Change and transition: the climate of Ukraine's agri-food sector |
| 作者: | Kopytko N
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| 刊名: | Climate Policy
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| ISSN: | 1469-3062
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| EISSN: | 1752-7457
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| 出版年: | 2016
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| 卷: | 16, 期:1 | | 起始页码: | 68
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| 结束页码: | 87
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | adaptation
; agri-food sector
; mitigative capacity
; post-Soviet
; transition economy
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| Scopus关键词: | adaptive management
; agricultural production
; agroindustry
; climate change
; energy use
; environmental management
; market transition
; policy implementation
; stakeholder
; Ukraine
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| Scopus学科分类: | nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
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| 英文摘要: | The agri-food sector has contributed significantly to climate change, but has an important role to play in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The agri-food sector has many potential win–win–win strategies that benefit mitigation and adaptation, and also deliver gains in rural income and land management. Post-Soviet transition economies provide a good model for understanding some of the barriers to adaptation and mitigation in the agri-food sector, due to their significant unmet agricultural potential combined with inefficient energy use. Ukraine is used as a case study to explore the barriers and bridges to addressing climate change in a post-Soviet state. A variety of stakeholders and farmers were interviewed about mitigation and adaptation and the current response capacity. Grounded theory analysis revealed themes that are perceived to function as barriers including: pandering, oligarchs and market interventions; corruption and transparency; and survival, freedom and law enforcement. Foreign involvement and investment emerged as a bridge to overcoming these barriers. The results indicate that significant progress in climate mitigation and adaptation in the agri-food sector in Ukraine will only be achieved if some of the wider political and social issues facing the country can be addressed. Policy relevance Ukraine has considerable potential for both agricultural production and climate change mitigation; however, this potential can only be met by identifying and addressing barriers currently impeding progress. This article found that barriers to effective climate change are perceived to stem from wider post-Soviet transition issues. These wider issues need to be addressed during the implementation of climate policy since they are viewed to be important by a wide variety of stakeholders. International negotiations have provided little incentive for Ukraine to achieve effective mitigation, and corrupt practices further impair mitigation projects. In addition, export quotas currently function as a maladaptive climate policy and reduce both farmers' capacity in Ukraine and international food security. Meanwhile, foreign involvement, not just financial investment, but also the investment of ideas can provide a bridge to effective climate policy. The international community needs to provide a legal framework and assist Ukraine in adopting transparent processes in order to successfully execute climate policy. © 2014 Taylor & Francis. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80392
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| Appears in Collections: | 科学计划与规划
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作者单位: | Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom
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Kopytko N. Change and transition: the climate of Ukraine's agri-food sector[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(1)
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