Many commentators speculate that the increasing temperatures and rising CO2 levels associated with climate change will increase pest and disease pressures on crops forcing farmers to use more pesticides. Lars Neumeister questions this assumption pointing out that there are many factors influencing pesticide use. Drawing on data from Scandinavia he suggests that regulation and policy instruments can have a greater influence on pesticide use than climate change.
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机译：许多评论员推测，与气候变化相关的温度升高和二氧化碳含量升高将增加农作物的病虫害压力，迫使农民使用更多农药。 Lars Neumeister对这一假设提出质疑，指出存在许多影响农药使用的因素。他利用来自斯堪的纳维亚半岛的数据，认为与气候变化相比，法规和政策手段对农药使用的影响更大。
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