Transformation of Climate Change Risks for the World Economy in the Light of Agriculture Development Tendencies
https://doi.org/10.34020/2073-6495-2020-1-010-023
Abstract
The importance of agriculture for a given economic system determines risk related to the global climate change. Analysis of the statistical data (impact of agro-industrial complex in the world and national economies and dynamics of temperature regime) shows that the relation between temperature changes and significance of agro-industrial complex in economy have determined the character of risk during two past decades and will continue doing this in the future. The risk can be partly-compensated (when the importance of agro-industrial complex decreases) and non-compensated (when the importance of agroindustrial complex remains stable or increases). Risk transformations, i.e., fundamental changes of the risk character, are quick (up to two years) and themselves form a kind of challenge for development of the world and national economies. The studied risk is a subject of governance within the frame of national strategies. Particularly, the countries with strong agrarian orientation of their economies can stimulate industrial growth to decrease risks linked to the influence of the global climate change.
About the Authors
N. N. Yashalova
Cherepovets State University
Russian Federation
Yashalova Natalya N., Doctor of Economics, Professor
Russian Federation
Yashalova Natalya N., Doctor of Economics, Professor
T. K. Molchanova
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Southern Federal University
Russian Federation
Molchanova Tatyana K., Master Student
Russian Federation
Molchanova Tatyana K., Master Student
D. A. Ruban
Southern Federal University, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management
Russian Federation
Ruban Dmitriy A., Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Russian Federation
Ruban Dmitriy A., Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Associate Professor
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Yashalova N.N., Molchanova T.K., Ruban D.A. Transformation of Climate Change Risks for the World Economy in the Light of Agriculture Development Tendencies. Vestnik NSUEM. 2020;(1):10-23. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34020/2073-6495-2020-1-010-023
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