However, all must meet the “essential requirement” of paragraph 1 so as not to cause more than a minimal distortion of trade or production and must be provided through a government-funded programme that does not include consumer transfers or price support to producers. [1] (a) `aggregate measure of support and EMS` means the annual support, expressed in monetary terms, provided for an agricultural product for the benefit of producers of the basic agricultural product, or non-product-specific support for agricultural producers in general, with the exception of support under programmes which are considered exempt from the reduction in accordance with Annex 2 to this Agreement; that is, what does the Paris Agreement mean for Australian agriculture? It is important that modelling is based on global measures against climate change.