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In 2007, Percy Schmeiser, an elderly farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada, unknowingly harvested a crop of canola that contained a herbicide-resistant gene patented by one of the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology companies, Monsanto.1 Schmeiser claimed that the canola had sprouted from seeds that had blown off passing trucks or spread from adjacent fields and mistakenly taken root on his farm — meaning he was not liable for patent infringement. Monsanto disagreed, and the case went all the way to the Canadian Supreme court, which reached a “bizarre” 5–4 decision that Schmeiser had infringed upon Monsanto’s patents, but was not liable for any damages.2

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  1. Aarhus University, Denmark

    Benjamin K. Sovacool (Professor of Business and Social Sciences, Professor of Energy Policy)

  2. Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK

    Benjamin K. Sovacool (Professor of Business and Social Sciences, Professor of Energy Policy)

  3. Linköping University, Sweden

    Björn-Ola Linnér (Professor of Environmental Change, Associate Fellow)

  4. Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Oxford University, UK

    Björn-Ola Linnér (Professor of Environmental Change, Associate Fellow)

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Sovacool, B.K., Linnér, BO. (2016). Introduction to the Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation. In: The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137496737_1

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