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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaeee0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points Agricu lure is HInkd di h cimate change both as a source of carbon .missions and through the impact c changing wea thr patterns and the composition Ci the atrmos- pnere on crop yiels and productiity. ,Accurate predicions of changes in regional ;ernperatures and rainfall are not availa-, e mar<ing i oifficult to assess region-specific mpats on agricutural output. No rmal on-farm adaptations of Arm practices; combine,.-' with research and developi- rnert n. 'ne farming nietis and re siit ( crop vri eties, nave red the impacts o a changiig c imate on agricu tura p-oduction. Public investments to support theSe prac- tices' c' evelopmen are likely to ield higher rtum han are inadecuately researche and pool targed . lank et policies, such as paying .rers nat on Iy to oWant over crops, or regulations on research and developrnent orocesses that sFirle the develop- mont or nevw climare cnange-roiatoe technologies. Concerns about the impacts of global climate change. and gr.eehouwe gas (GHG) emissions have substantially in-reased in recent years. Polling evidence indicates that this shift has been wide- spread, regardless of 'eter individuals are young or old, scientists or Soccer daIs, men or woamn, or, in the context of political affiliations, Republicans, Democrats, or independents The western United States is experiencing a major drought that has substantially affected the avail-ability of irrigation water or crops and forage for livestock., reducing agicitual output in Cali- fornia's Central Valley and other states, ranging from Arizona to the Dakotay. Many researchers have also argued that weather factors have become more volatile. Despite these general findings, it is difficult to assess how tenperatu res and precipita- tion levels in specific regions wno change or even tne extent and the rate at which goo al warrning is likely to occut under any GHG CiaSsions scenario. In this shifting context, Ptresident Joe Biden has referred to climate can ge as existential threat, a vie videy shared by governments in other developedI countries and many scientists. Without weighing in on the debate over the rate at which the world's cli'mate is actually changing (or the extent to which changes are the result of GHG emissi ons relateu to human activty or natural cycles in world weather), we focus on the possible implications of the ongoing climate debate for agricultural nolicy. The Biden administration has signaled a desire to address climate concerns tniough polcy mechanisms even though the scope

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