Impacts: CC impact on European farmers

EC funded study on agricultural and biodiversity impacts of CC in Europe

A study by Berry P.M. et al (2006), "Assessing the vulnerability of agricultural land use and species to climate change and the role of policy in facilitating adaptation" in Environmental Science and Policy 9: 189-204, supported by the EC Directorate General of Research 5th Framework Programme, contributing to key action "Global change, climate and biodiversity" within the "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" programme finds:

• farmers in northern Europe are less vulnerable to future climate change as crop yields are expected to increase.
• farmers in southern Europe are expected to be more vulnerable to future climate change.
• vulnerability of species in Europe will increase in the future.