A healthy smattering of food system faces have made it into Time Magazine’s 100 most influential climate leaders in business rubbing shoulders with bankers, politicians, and oil and energy tycoons.
Ten schools across Aotearoa with ‘climate clever’ ideas to address climate change will receive Growing for Good grants this year.
The devastating impact of unabated climate change on NZ’s food system is explored in a new report that lays out three scenarios for the country.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has called for a phased implementation of an agricultural emissions framework, beginning with the establishment of a robust emissions measuring and reporting system.
But more frequent extreme weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle “could create a series of negative supply shocks”.
Food production is an area where improvements can be made to help mitigate climate change.
A business-as-usual approach to food production and consumption will breach the target, but more than half of the anticipated warming is avoidable if changes are made to food production practices, diets and food waste levels.
But there are measures the industry can take to mitigate growing climate risk.
The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of 27 January, the eve of the city’s anniversary weekend, was caused by rainfall that was literally off the chart, writes weather and climate researcher Professor James Arthur Renwick.
CH4 Global says it will produce its methane-reducing seaweed feed for cattle from its EcoPark facilities in New Zealand and Australia following a deal with Ravensworth Agriculture.
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The government is making a $10m contribution alongside partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to build resilience, enhance food security and address the challenges of climate change for small-scale primary producers.
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Protecting NZ fisheries and land-based primary industries loom large in list of economic and financial system actions.
The Climate Change Commission said eligible farmers can be ready to effectively participate in a basic farm-level system by the 1 January 2025.
The partnership says its proposal will help farmers and growers transition to lower-emissions food production while maintaining viable businesses.
Food system stakeholders have broadly welcomed the new plan but have called for more detail around the almost-$3bn allocated on initiatives over the next four years.
The govt wants to accelerate the decarbonisation of freight and encourage the use of more electric trucks.
New Zealand’s fisheries and land-based primary industries are two of the most exposed sectors to climate change and the failure of firms to adapt will impact their viability, says the government’s proposed plan to deal with the issue.
Reducing the use of fuel for manufacturing helped cut New Zealand’s emissions, according to the Greenhouse Gas Inventory report from the Ministry for the Environment.
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes it clear that a plan to cut emissions is needed now, according to Minister of Climate Change James Shaw.
Climate change will disrupt food production and increase food insecurity for millions of people, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Derek Handley’s climate tech firm Aera VC has raised US$30m to invest in startups tackling sustainability across all sectors including food.
The world’s main sources of food will suffer if temperatures keep rising, increasing insecurity and wiping billions off the global food economy.
The industry needs to convert the equivalent energy used by one or two very large dairy factories every year to meet the 2050 net zero emissions goal.
The Climate Change Commission’s final report has been met with mixed reaction from food industry groups.
The government has moved to ban new low to medium temperature coal burners from next year.
“B+LNZ is continuing to meet with scientists and the Commission to inform the submission we’ll make on the draft advice, on behalf of our levy payers.”
Hawke’s Bay has a “short window of time” to act against climate change.
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