ABSTRACT
This chapter evaluates the social and economic implications of the projections from the climate models. From the viewpoint of society, or of societal concerns, climate change is not the primary issue. Food security has local, national, and international dimensions. Thus the dynamics of food security are the central concern. Furthermore, society is concerned with the production and consumption of food and the economics of that system. Whether an area is food producing or not, food consumption is a major economic activity. Climate change has the potential to affect food consumption in ways that may be as important from an economic perspective as its impact on food production. One can't predict what the world is going to be like 40 years from now. The author suggests that one might consider how changes in population, irrigation development, land use, and other important supply and demand factors will modify the climate change effects.
